10/1: Open Division Series Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 1, 2008 11:35 AM PDT
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Gallardo/Hamels is a hell of a pitching match-up
Glad to see Yovani back after that sickening injury.
I want the Phils to win for Moyer’s sake, but I’ve come to really respect Milwaukee’s scouting/player development team – they are, to me, at least the equals of Tampa Bay in that respect.
Ryan Dempster is has been inexplicably fantastic this season
With Furcal back, Jones not playing, etc. the Dodgers are a much better team than their record indicates. Should be an interesting series.
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O/U 35 Sucks by the brewer bullpen?
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
I'm guessing he's saying pitches thrown by Brewers bullpen
and then making fun of the quality of said pen by changing the word “pitches” to “sucks.”
the other angels fan
If you don't start making sense then you're not going to be saying anything at all
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 1, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
Making sense isn't supposed to be a challenge
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 1, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
When in Rome guests should do as the Romans do
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 1, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions
If I were a Rays fan I'd be running DRB by now.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
The DRB mods are all at Beyond the Boxscore.
It’s a rudderless ship!
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions
This does not seem like a good plan.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Like it could be any more terrifying.
Actually, it could be Minor League Ball.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Off to the Circus for a few hours of festival racing
and then it’s feast and orgy time!
I speak in non-sequiters 50% of the jellybeans.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
So time = jellybeans
This isn’t going to drive me crazy
by Jeff Sullivan on Oct 1, 2008 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions
My goal is to not watch or care about any games in the Red Sox - Angels series
and to temporarily block anyone who AIMs me about them
Yeah it was the Brewers spending spree that got them to post season
how else could they have acquired some one with Eric Gagne’s track record.
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Attention Felix Hernandez :
Please watch closely how Hamels is pitching. Pitch more like this please.
And more bugs bunny curveballs please. I miss that nasty break.
I hope this referenced Magic Bus in some way.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 12:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Sparks was used in a allergy commercial, and just now a Derek Jeter Gatorade ad
I know I’ve seen Join Together, Baba, Can’t Explain, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Who are You, Bargain, My Generation, I Can See For Miles, The Tommy Overture … and probably more used at point or another
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Sadly, Pictures of Lily and Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand haven't been used to promote abstinence as of yet
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems that See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me should be used for something along these lines.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
You always did have a peculiar sense of romance.
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Sort of, but it's only used on the expanded part of the second chorus
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
The Ken Russell version of Tommy is a camp classic.
Understand that the term “classic” is used with disgust and sarcasm…it’s unwatchable. But definitely camp.
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The Kids Are Alright, on the other hand, is the greatest rock movie ever made.
Period, full stop, no counterargument allowed.
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I really dislike the way Wont Get Fooled Again was cut together
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Jesus Christ that's the most insufferable criticism I have ever heard.
Congratulations, JI…I’m genuinely impressed.
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And may I jut put it out there that the cuts
of WGFA and Baba in that movie just aren’t very good.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
The WGFA is pretty good.
I agree with you that “Baba O’Riley” is a bad performance.
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Why did anyone let you watch it as a child?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
It was on Bravo and there was no internet to see the Who
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I asked Fogel.
But this also explains much about you.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I was scarred by it at age 15.
Particularly by the baked beans coming out of the television set.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate beans too
and that scene thoroughly disgusted me
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
The music is terrible and they cated people who were completely tone deaf
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
The music is actually pretty excellent, though it's nowhere near The Who's best album.
(Those are The Who Sell Out and Quadrophenia.)
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The original The Who Sell Out isn't that good
the reissue is an improvement, but frankly, as clever as it is the songs aren’t that good.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I am confident in your wrongness.
The original is nearly perfect. Only the ending of the album is a slight letdown. But every song from “Armenia City In The Sky” to “Relax” is a gorgeous, fully realized melodic gem. And the fake radio ads…oh yes.
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The radio gag disappears on the second half
most the songs are forgettable
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand? Tattoo? Odorono? Our Love Was? I Can See For Miles? I Can't Reach You? Relax? Sunrise?
The only songs I’d toss out are Silas Stingy and Rael.
C’mon, you’re just being a sourpuss. It’s the greatest concept album of the ’60s. Admit it and move on!
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Can't Reach You, Our Love Was, and Relax suck
I can See FOr Miles is awesome, as is Sunrise
the rest are decent but forgettable
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone who thinks "I Can't Reach You" and "Our Love Was" are bad songs is an odd human beings.
I cast thee out and make thee moderator of DRaysBay.
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They're failry ordinary songs
dragged down by Pete’s singing, there’s way toop much of Pete singing on that album.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions
My depth chart:
Quadrophineia
Who’s Next
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Tommy
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By Numbers
Endless Wire
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Sell Out
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My Generation
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The Rest
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The correct depth chart:
Quadrophenia
The Who Sell Out
Live At Leeds
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Who’s Next
Tommy
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By Numbers
Odds And Sods
Who Are You
My Generation
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A Quick One
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The Rest.
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I knew you were going to say this.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Of course it is. It's their canon live album
And every song on the original version of the album except “My Generation” (or rather, the first two minutes) was either unreleased or a non-album single at the time.
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Erm, not really.
Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy wouldn’t be released for two more years — as far as the UK was concerned “Magic Bus” was a failed single that nobody really remembered from The Who’s “dark era” of 1968.
Seriously, you look silly arguing this point. Live At Leeds is as canonical a Who album as they come.
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Live albums don't count as albums.
They’re a completely different animal.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Needless to say this is an artificial distinction that I don't agree with.
Especially in situations where the live album is REVELATORY, offering a completely different side of the band, as Live At Leeds did. Remember: prior to Leeds, there was really no evidence whatsoever of their hard rock mastery.
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I don't really agree
because My Generation and I Can See For Miles were pretty much the heaviest songs in mainstream music when they were released. Also their destructive stage show had pretty much already established them as the hardest act in pop music.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions
No recorded evidence until Leeds.
“My Generation” was ‘hard’ I suppose, but only in terms of late ‘65 beat music. “I Can See For Miles” wasn’t ‘hard’ at all, per se…it’s a psychedelic vision. Leeds finally brought forth the band’s live act for the millions who would never see them in concert, and prefigured where they would be going, sonically, on Who’s Next and Quadrophenia. Prior to that, what did you have? The bouncy melodic rock of Tommy and Sell Out? The bizarre Pop Art Londonisms of A Quick One? The lame R&B covers from the debut?
Live At Leeds was a watershed, my friend.
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Hmm
The song may have inspired The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter”. Paul McCartney recalls writing “Helter Skelter” after reading a review of The Who Sell Out in which the critic claimed that “I Can See for Miles” was the “heaviest” song he’d ever heard. McCartney — without having ever actually heard “I Can See for Miles” — wrote “Helter Skelter” in an attempt to make an even “heavier” song than the one praised in the review.
Hmmm
But it doesn’t matter anyway, because live albums aren’t proper albums.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm familiar with the story, and it isn't remotely dispositive.
The early Who’s idea of “heavy” had nothing to do with the ‘70s Who’s version of heavy. The truest testimony to this is the fact that The Who never even played “I Can See For Miles” live anyway — the point of the song wasn’t the heaviness so much as it was the unique layered psychedelic effect the production creates.
And live albums can indeed be proper albums. Are Neil Young’s Time Fades Away or Rust Never Sleeps proper albums?
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THe same creative process that goes into a stuido album
doesn’t typically go into a live album therefore they should be kept separate when talking about proper albums.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Lumping Endless wire in with the Kenney Jones albums
Jesus Christ…
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
The fact that you consider Endless Wire to be a "Who album" but not Live At Leeds says something.
I’m not quite sure what it says, but it says SOMETHING.
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No Keith Moon, no John Entwistle.
It’s a Pete Townshend solo album in all but name, in a way that none of the Who’s work ever was before Face Dances. (I’m a huge fan of Townshend’s solo material, I have every piece of music he’s ever been even indirectly involved in…there is a critical difference between “Who” material and “Townshend” material, even if it’s written by the same guy.)
It’s not even a good Townshend solo album. Empty Glass, All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes…those are good Townshend solo albums.
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If you think the Who today don't count as the Who
this discussion is going to get ugly and it should end right here.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
With probably the longest Who discussion in LL history.
And hopefully the only reference of Tommy.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I think The Who was driven musically by the interaction of Entwistle, Moon and Townshend
Which is why Daltrey’s singing — while excellent — was always a secondary element. The musical interplay between those three was what mattered the most. With no Moon and not even any Entwistle, it just ain’t The Who. It’s Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey…which isn’t invalid in itself, but isn’t the Who.
Bear in mind The Who are (obviously, from the level of knowledge I’m displaying here) one of my all-time favorite bands. I’m obsessed with them, have every rare B-side and alternate mix and bootleg and concert recording you can name, etc. etc.
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I love Pete's singing and prefer it many times, in all honesty.
I suppose there’s the division. And there’s nothing ordinary about “Our Love Was.”
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Often I don't like his voice much
on some songs it works, some songs it really doesn’t
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions
"Dreaming From The Waist"
(full lyric: “I’m dreaming from the waist on down”)
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I feel bad like this entire sub thread should be hidden
or cut and pasted to the ot thread
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yovani Gallardo just nearly hit a home run against Cole Hamels.
Goddamn wind blowing the other way kept it in the park.
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Somebody needs to tell them to lose the blue hats.
AAAAAAND Rickie Weeks has a stone glove.
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Shane Victorino is another one of those freely available gems
Thankfully Gillick can not take credit for him
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Yeah, so there's no way the Brewers are going to win this series.
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Only if they get on base and advance the runners.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
This just in: Ben Sheets going down in flames has sealed the Brewers' postseason fate.
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If Cole Hamels throws a perfect game against the Brewers I'll vomit all over myself.
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I don't hate the Phillies the way I hate the Mets (dear god do I hate the Mets)...
…but I sure don’t like ’em that much either.
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I'd rather Moyer do it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Or perhaps the % of swings that end up making contact? Fair contact? Fair + foul contact?
Who the fuck knows?
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Don't forget Frank of FrankTV & Evergreen Casino fame.
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Wait, you're talking about the commercials on TBS, right?
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You don't post here often, do you?
More of a USSM guy?
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Ryan Braun always reminds me of the very short lived Saturday morning kids game show called "Brains and Brawn"
hosted by Mark-Paul “Zack Morris” Gosselaar.
J.K.L.
Ok boys, apparently the people in marketing figured that those statheads will watch
more if we give them more of those stupid stats they love so much more than the game. Anybody know what it is they want? What the hell was the one, Frank? VERP? MARP?! Aww, fuck it. We’ll make our own.
It’s like when your Grandma buys you video games for Christmas.
the other angels fan
Heh, my grandmother told me to stay up and watch the first episode of South Park.
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Those marketing people are dumb.
Everyone know statheads don’t acctually watch baseball, they just watch spreadsheets.
54!
It looks like BB in here.
You OK, JI? I don’t think anyone else can watch this game.
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And to the second person?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
That blog entry was awesome on so many levels
especially the part about his fantasy football team
I heard Dick Vitale was too.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he's had season tickets for years and will tell anyone who asks about his day.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 1, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea. Also, is Paul Azinger really throwing out the first pitch Thursday?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Azinger has went to a ton of games the past few years as well.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 1, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yea, seemed like there may have been better choices, but, whatever.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
He was that crime-fighting talking dog, right?
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It was a Brave; how could I be more clear?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps you were sad that he wouldn't be remembered?
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Wade Boggs?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes.
But the guy has been a douche to the team. When the new regime took over Boggs bashed them for not having “baseball guys” or something. Plus when he came to our uniform unveiling he made sure to wear his Yanks WS ring. I found that obnoxious.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 1, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Paul Sorrento? Quinton McCracken? Wilson Alvarez?
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd pay to see this!
Seems like that’s what Canseco would want.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, only 101 pitches, and he's owned.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Haven't you heard though? Brad Lidge hasn't blown a save this year! And, he's the comeback player of the year!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
And Cy Young!
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Anyone who thinks it is someone besides Pujols deserves to be killed.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
But RBIs!
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Ryman Howard....Phillies... on his back or something....
It’s hard to play Devil’s advocate when the Satanists are all morons.
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Words to live by.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
No argument here.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
If I were to write an argument on the subject this or something similar would be the title
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Why write something no one will read and someone will write better?
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
People would read.
I would’ve voted you for new VEB overload.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 1, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
That's usually what happens.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn.
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C'mon single!
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Alright, well, it only took 35 pitches.
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It just occurred to me that the Phillies are the most futile franchise in major league history.
1 championship in 120 years.
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1 / 120 > 0 / 32
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
You wouldn't say that if the championship had happened in... say... 1909 instead of 1980
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Just saying they've got a championship.
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by andrewgolfsalot on Oct 1, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That's actually a pretty amusing typo.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Obligatory cheering
Go Brewers!
Go Cubs!
Go… Um… Fuck, I dunno. GO METEORITE HITTING ANGEL STADIUM!
Free Stephen "Awesome" Strasburg!
You forgot Go Rays!
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Amen.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean
Clapclapclapclap…clapclap
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh wait, you had it right.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks for those ellipsis.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
No HD feed on Comcast
and you think a year later they’d have fixed this.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
You mean widescreen but not HD
like FOX used to do for baseball?
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I have it, and you're not missing anything.
“High-definition Cubs night game” is an oxymoron with the lights they have.
Dang, that was absolute domination from Hamels.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:46 PM PDT reply actions
Late, I know.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I NOTICED THAT TOO!
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:50 PM PDT reply actions
Manny choked.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:51 PM PDT reply actions
What if that's the only out he makes in the series?
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I would cry.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I would also cry if I hear Joe Morgan praising his defense one more time.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
The number of free agent pitchers that have given their teams
a decent return on a long term investment is a small one.
Derek Lowe has always been fascinating for some reason.
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Or not.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
This is a black day for baseball.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
The Los Angeles Dodgers are 84-78. They are the third worst playoff team in baseball history.
Joe Torre has done nothing special you idiots.
He had the foresight to travel back in time and help move them to LA from Brooklyn
thereby ensuring them to be in the NL West in 2008, and therefore securing a postseason berth for his crappy team.
the other angels fan
The Mariners would have won the NL West this year
well not really but….
I've said this a 1000 times
and I’ll say it again
I lost all respect for that man when he hit A-Rod 8th. It was one of the most bushleague moves of all time.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
That was just dumb.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions
But dude, he's ARod.
That was just mean.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
It was the most hysterical overreaction I've ever seen
the man let himself get pwned by the media. I don’t see how his players could easily trust him again.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions
We want a pitcher, not a belly-itcher.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:00 PM PDT reply actions
Why is there a list of sexy people at the bottom of the page?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:01 PM PDT reply actions
So HoRam reverted to craptasticness toward the end of the season.
Wonder if he gets any playoff action for the Sox.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:02 PM PDT reply actions
Veteran leadership!
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions
To be honest, that was a good one.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I peaked with the ICHIRO HURTS HIM TEAM diary
and it’s been a painful downhill spiral ever since.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite part about this Cubs team is that they've pulled
all their success straight out of their ass.
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PLayoffs in Seatown 09!
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish we had gotten DeRosa somehow.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but I wish we could have gotten him when he was cheap.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet Adam Kennedy will be available for trade.
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions
That always works out really well for us.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Example?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I only became an M's fan last year.
Who’s that?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions
No it isn't.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Looks like Shiggy.
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
It is?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to stop trying.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
One year ago and there are 18 identical responses to this post.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that Wash?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Weaver?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
He doesn't look like either of em.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Just say the name!
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I give up.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
DeRo!!!!
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:10 PM PDT reply actions
I love small sample size.
Lowe’s ERA is 10.80
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:14 PM PDT reply actions
Dempsters working on a no-no.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:18 PM PDT reply actions
I'm nostalgic for bullpen carts
This is baseball – a reliever shouldn’t have to WALK all the way to the mound. Give him a ride in a giant hat!
There's like 4 people in this thread.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Is that a joke?
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the sound of that.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
The back button will do that to you.
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I'm going to dislike the Cubs regardless
but Jesus I think these people have waited long enough.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Ahahahaa
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SEA/2001_sched.shtml
says we beat them 2 games to 1
Bring back José Cruz Jr!
You work for the M's?
Will you please take the crack pipes away from the front office when you get a chance?
I'm back to liking midgets too much.
Not any more and when I did my position was extremely not important
But I did job shadow somebody that worked in ballpark operations.
Russ Davis hit a walk off homer
and we booed Norm Charlton because he was terrible.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 5:16 PM PDT reply actions
THE PAIN IN CHICAGO WILL NEVER END!!!!
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 5:17 PM PDT reply actions
8 walks is a recipe for success for the cubs.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Do you think Jeff Samardzija was ever wants to play OF, ankiel stlye?
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Proof reading your comments is generally a good idea.
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 1, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
This isn't math class, I don't proof anything.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Man, I've already been threatened with police action once tonight.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
So pay attention.
Re-read what you write and see if it could be better. Once it’s as good as it gets, hit “Cancel”.
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Hahahaha
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Jesus Christ that pitch was only a couple of inches off the ground.
How the hell did Manny hit that out?
Manny bein Manny.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 5:56 PM PDT reply actions
Mike Fontenot gets his noggin beat on by Carlos Zambrano.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Jonathon Broxton is a fatty.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
That chat room is the postseason meeting place of the ESPN commenters.
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C'mon, where's your shift pics?
You’ve gotten lazy…
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But it's been creeping back.
I vote for a resurgence.
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TBS sure knows how to make you hate something.
Not that I was ever a fan of Dane Cook or Frank Caliendo, but now, thanks to TBS, I would be likely to stab either if I saw them at the mall.
In about three days, I guess I will have to add Bon Jovi to that list.
Jim Edmonds can still play a great CF...
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I'm waiting for Griffey in the dome.
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Bad jump + no speed = double bounces to the wall over his head
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ok whatever. Blanket statements are usually wrong.
But still I am rooting for the CUBS so all the “curses” will be gone and they will be like every other team.
I'd like to see his impression of someone funny.
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I don't deny that he's got talent
but the results, from what I’ve seen, just aren’t funny
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Exactly. He's really good.
But impressions are just boring after about 10 seconds. Especially when you’ve seen them all 50 times over the span of a few weeks.
I have a bias against anything from madTV.
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This is a fair point.
He’s one of the few guys who seems willing to take real risks with his comedy.
Andy is talented
but he can’t make up for all the suck around him.
With the exception of the Hugh Laurie episode and the Pearl Jam episode
I haven’t watched since WIll Ferrell left.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I found it hilarious how awful Phelps was
It was catastrophic. On the plus side the Cathy bit during the weekend update was amazing
OK yeah, I laughed at that.
It took me a minute to find it funny, but it’s always that way for the stuff I end up really laughing at.
As much as it pains me to admit it
I did find Peyton Manning quite amusing on his SNL stint.
good point. All the impressions are well done... but it more like "impressions 101" instead of new or interesting impressions
So many of these impressions are just run into the ground.
Give us McCain or Obama impressions instead of freaking Clinton or Bush. It is just lazy “beating a dead horse” comedy.
Now you know why he does old news.
It would have been better if he was in blackface instead.
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Does FOX got out of their way to hire the most obnoxious people they can?
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. Troy Aikman says hi.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
yes, it is in their mission statement on their web site.
“We know how much you all love the Yankees… All of our baseball announcers must mention the Yankees and/or Jeter once an inning regardless who is playing.”
Could be worse
at least Chip Caray likes baseball.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Aren't you a cardinals fan?
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Shouldn't you be laughing and enjoying this game?
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Frank doesn't look like mccain, that black guy looks nothing like Obama, both of them suck at their impersonations.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Maddux is doing a Smoltz?
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Just tuning in
Have you guys ever seen that Frank TV? looks pretty funny
Ban please.
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I guess this should have been a flag...
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Maddux is the best closer ever.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
The Dodgers are up by 5 runs needing just two outs and Torre is still warming up Saito.
I’d be a little insulted if I was Maddux.
Absolutely. How ridiculous.
And the baserunner was on because of a tough infield play, took second on defensive indifference, and took third on a fielder’s choice. Maddux was perfectly fine.
Cubs fans are going to be hilarious.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Oh, great.
Now I get to root for injuries or 20 inning games every night.
Is it too soon to root for the terrorists to win?
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I may have to turn over to ESPN News.
I love it when Lou discusses pitchers who can’t throw strikes.
That Dish TV commercial was somehow worse than the Frank TV ones.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Oh sweet, I actually enjoy listening to Curtis Granderson talk on TBS.
He’s a sharp guy. Plus he dresses like a stud.
Is it sad that he has more intelligence than the HoFer morgan? I say yes.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
I didn't think the Dodgers were near as good as ESPN and the sort was hyping them
But this is the first time ive watched them since august, and they looked pretty good. Do you guys think they’re the favorites in the NL right now?
You can make the argument, I'd match up Lowe-Bills-Kuroda-Maddux with anyone in the NL besides the cubs, and Harden and Zambrano both may have injury issues.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
After they got Manny and Blake they got pretty good.
They have one of the best offenses since those trades, and have had some of the best pitching all season.
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Although they did shoot themselves in the foot most of the season
with playing Jones and Pierre.
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Joe Torre, when asked about the so-called "Curse":
’’You’re dealing with a former Yankee manager who was up 3-0 on the Red Sox, and they went on to win the World Series,’’
Umm...Go Extra Innings and Pitcher Overuse?
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
I'm rooting for bean war and bench-clearer.
Followed by injuries. Lots of injuries.
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Could you please use proper capitalization?
I love your pictures, and I remember when I could read your comments w/o cringing.
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We were, and things got better for a while.
Then someone declared we went overboard, and then people stopped. It’s started to revert back to pre-Nazi form.
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Don't follow.
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I think as long as we are being polite about pointing out the grammar rules, it's acceptable.
Proper capitalization and punctuation is appreciated around here. If for nothing else, it’s because it helps us to understand these rapidly flowing comments.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 7:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I give them a couple chances before I break out the jpegs.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I wanted to head off Mark before it got to a point like that.
He’s a quasi-regular and an all-around nice guy.
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He's like an english teacher on methadone.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Thanks.
I’m not trying to be mean (although everything sounds mean on the interwebs), but I remember your last extended stay here while the season was in the middle of taking a dump, and I enjoyed your comments.
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Oh, I have read almost every post and thread on LL/USSM over the last 3 or 4 years.
I just don’t comment very often. Or I comment a lot and then I stop commenting for awhile.
I have your site bookmarked,
and I check back to see if you have anything new every once in a while. You do what I’d like to if I had the time, ability, and equipment.
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Speaking of photography. I just found out one of my photos is being used at a journalism school newpaper.
This photo was added to a story about the playoffs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marksobba/437348983/
The photograph can be seen at this newspaper’s site.
http://tnjn.com/2008/oct/01/tnjns-2008-mlb-divisional-seri/
This is the fourth or fifth time I have been linked or credited for a photograph. Kind-of cool.
Do you get any cash for that?
Also, the Leslie ones in front of the water are awesome. The colors + your ability to pick out expressive faces (for the most part) really comes out in that.
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No. I do save all the links and use them as part of a resume.
Thanks. Leslie was a lot of fun to work with. We have been trying to get together for a second shoot. It is just a matter of finding the right time.
My idea for our next shoot is something in the forest. She plays WOW so I was thinking of a Dark Night Elf shoot with costumes, make-up and the whole thing. I know pretty geeky stuff.
I want Jon Lester to peg Tex in the face, tearing his labrum in the process.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Oh shit, we have Buck Martinez to go along with Chip Caray.
Shoot me now.
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At least its not Morgan. At least its not Morgan. At least its not Morgan.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
"He's a very special individual."
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
This year you could really hear his frustration building up
Especially trying to explain things to Morgan
Honestly, I'd rather see the two homers from the opposite teams there as color.
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Oh Angels, how won't you fial during the playoffs.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
In english?
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boy, I'm glad I'm not dependent on the radio anymore.
KJR hasn’t switched from ESPN feed to the game feed yet….
there it goes.
nothing like missing the 1st inning.
by msb on Oct 1, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions
...Because the Rays can beat them easier?
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
I dislike the Red Sox.
I hate the Angels with every fiber of my being.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Excuse me sir, Lester is not better than Beckett.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
If the Ex-Mariner Factor works the way the Ex-Cub Factor does--
… the Angels are a shoo-in for the WS
Angels: none.
Rays: Steve Henderson.
Dodgers: Lowe, Bowa, Rick Honeycutt.
Red Sox: Varitek, Timlin, Ortiz
Cubs: Lou, Matty Sinatro, Gerald Perry.
Brewers: Cammie, Salomon Torres, Mike Maddux.
White Sox: Griffey, Matt Thornton, HoRam & Li’l Joey.
I've never heard of the ex-Cub thing.
Does that apply to the Cubs that left and came back?
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don't think it applies to the Cubs...
mostly because they usually aren’t there. It’s a “a critical mass of Cubness”
by msb on Oct 1, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah, Wikipedia.
The fountainhead of all knowledge.
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Not necessarily true
the 04 Red Sox won with lots of ex-Mariners
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Yikes
The troubled career of Ambiorix Burgos took a tragic turn on Tuesday when the Mets reliever allegedly killed two women in a hit-and-run accident in the Dominican Republic.
Burgos, 24, reportedly struck Josefina Minaya Martinez, 38, and Angely Fana, 29, while driving his Hummer and police were seeking him for questioning. He’s also wanted on a gun possession charge. Witnesses identified him as the driver of the jeep that was involved in the accident, which took place in Nagua, a town outside of Santo Domingo.
"We are extremely disturbed by the reports regarding the player’s potential involvement in the hit and run accident that unfortunately killed two women in the Dominican Republic," the Mets said Wednesday in a statement. "We take this matter very seriously and have begun an internal investigation to ascertain the facts. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the families of the victims."
Trade him to the nationals.
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by P Brady on Oct 1, 2008 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well that's a tragic way to end your career.
But more importantly, when can we start using the Burgos-killing-people-in-a-hummer jokes?
by JLC on Oct 1, 2008 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Him and Urbina should hang out.
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As soon as you can think of a decent one.
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Needs moar cowbell. You will all hate the rays for the cowbell.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
I love the cowbell because someone brings it.
The clappers are just a handout at the door to try to make the fans sound louder than they really are.
I bought mine for $25 bucks. I consider it a worthy investment.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Using the cowbell properly is fine.
But thou shalt not abuse the cowbell.
by JLC on Oct 1, 2008 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope the sox win while all 4 starters fsuffer torn labrums.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Maybe you can get a T-Rex and the Mariner Moose at your birthday party.
They could battle over a to scale model of Seattle.
If ever win the mega-millions; I am going to waste a lot of money.
Oh my.
They just showed an actual clip from Frank TV. I don’t remember ever seeing anything other than impressions in front of a white screen.
And DirecTV commercials.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
You suck at answering questions EJ, whoever you are.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
OMG, Lester had cancer!?!?
I fucking hate you Mariners
Silly Chip.
1 year isn’t a veteran.
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It's the start of the beanwar...
Pleasepleaseplease
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How the hell was that not obstruction by Lowrie?
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Nevermind, saw replay
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Umm, because he was sliding into 2nd?
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See above, I thought he was sliding off bag into his leg
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Still legal.
I was hoping he’d spiked him.
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That leadoff from first thing might just be the stupidest
on-field display ever.
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Seems like it would be easier just to say GO TO HELL ANGELS
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions
BOO LACKEY BOOO LESTER GOOO SHIELDSY
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Fuck, I didn't think it could get worse.
Was that The Hoff or The Shat?
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I wish I could kind of bring myself close to caring about this game
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This is the reason for the anti-cheer.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I think this is the anti-cheer
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I love Vlad, though.
It’s weird to hate a team so much and love their star player.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't worry, he'll be a M after his contract runs out there.
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INJURE YOUR HAND LOWRIE
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
Aaaah I can't tell where the ball's going!
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't had a drop, there's just no outfield camera angle!
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Why do you have a cam of Scocia's head?
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No idea.
Seems like a camera in the OF would be better.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Sonofabitch.
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Are they clapping with their fake ones?
Or do they have those ridiculous clappers again?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions
The Ice Cube guy is better than Frank.
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Meh. As long as Maddon can either:
a: Demoralize the red sux
B: Get vengeances on the Angels for passing over him twice
I’m happy.
Brad Ziegler had a scoreless inning streak. Brad Ziegler had not met BJ Upton.
In high school, it meant shaking hands with the other teams captain and the umpires.
I guess, when Boston plays New York. Varitek goes over and shakes Jeter’s hand. I can’t think of another team that has a team captain.
That don't make no senses.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
We're supposed to turn out our lights during Game 4 of the ALCS
Anderson Cooper said so
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions
How?
No, kidding. But really—just the lights? But keep on the appliances?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Well it wouldn't benefit them much if we shut off our tvs.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to turn off everything in my place.
Then hop in my car and drive around aimlessly while listening to the game.
by Teej on Oct 1, 2008 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I never watch baseball, I always listen to it on the radio.
Although Sims is a pretty good announcer.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe everyone should watch the game at a bar or resturant. Then all the lights would be off.
It would also help the economy.
The economy needs help.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
you and your standard keyboard
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Figuring this out probably made you miss the homoeroticness.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah probably.
I’d be fine with nose mining at this point.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions
There's 3 more innings
still a chance for some turd mining
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 8:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Just printscreen is entire screen
Alt+Printscreen is only the selected window
Bring back José Cruz Jr!
Come on Sox!
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:45 PM PDT reply actions
JASONATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:47 PM PDT reply actions
Thank god for these Jeter Gatorade commercials
I don’t know what I would do without any Yankees in my postseason.
Bring back José Cruz Jr!
Maybe you have a future in politics.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
They move around more than they did at first.
You can see people coming in and out of the clubhouse, who hangs out with who on the bench, stuff like that.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't even know what this is of which you speak.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 9:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate it when people confuse that with the Placebo Effect.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
These announcers are frighteningly stupid.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I keep thinking it's Selig in the booth, but it's Buck Martinez.
Same nasally voice that makes you think that he hates you and wishes your pets would get injured.
And can never be available for comment.
Due to untied shoelaces.
The road to hell is paved with Mariners.
by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:55 PM PDT up reply actions
That's a car salesman for you
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Given that I have $1052.48 invested in the car
It’s actually a horrible deal for whoever buys it
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but everything I said in the ad is completely true
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Yeah we'll see
I did just buy it a month ago though
I’m hoping people think like you though and I can turn a nice profit
If not that’s OK because I didn’t need to sell the car
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and I agree that it's a good purchase at that price
It really is a reliable car- I don’t feel like I’m ripping someone off- I feel like I got a really good deal to begin with
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My brain is at about 15% right now
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I miss Buck O'Neill.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:56 PM PDT reply actions
Lester's been good.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 8:57 PM PDT reply actions
BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:04 PM PDT reply actions
Things change.
:(
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn;t actually know what was going on.
I just wanted to have the biggest laugh of all.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:06 PM PDT reply actions
He's a REAL fan
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Bahahahahahahahahahahaha
I’d still trade SIlva for him.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The Angels management probably needed a change of pants when they saw that.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Or when he owned JJ.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Would you trade Wash for Matthews?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:09 PM PDT reply actions
Why not, then?
I’m just wondering.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Teaches me to ask questions...
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Except I ought to know better.
I’ve been a poster for about a year now.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
But you would mock me anyway, Matthew.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, that's no true. I mock people as well.
But mostly it’s the ideas.
At least half.
Ish.
I'd try to think of a clever retort based on you missing letters, but you'd likely mock me.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Oct 1, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
We're swimming in a sea of mockery.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
That's not really that mean.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
For that???
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Seriously?
Link pleeeeease!
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
And I used to think Dave was mean!
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
You never cease to crack me up.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Bahaha
Phildop referenced his fantasy team. Poor idiot.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Were puns legal then too?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
In the before-time? In the long-long-ago?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
I said “Corconcurred” several times before puns were banned, and then as soon as they were banned I as told not to say it anymore
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Oh, yeah, there were like 10 spelling issues.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
This is around the time I found the site.
I was just way too out of my element to join in. I read for a long time.
I've read this site for like 3 years now.
But only last year did I start commenting. Any sooner would have been an absolute disaster.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Guh.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I have bad vision.
Jerk. :p
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't know that it's had any effect
It’s been dormant for 75% or so of its life
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It jumped the shark when Brett got his own entry
I feel like deleting the memes that I still like so LL 2.0 can’t run them into the ground
Can you just hide them
I like the mlbtv and the Dicks entries and I can never find their LL articles in the archives.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
You had to make them count godammit
refreshing took forever.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Me, too. I feel ashamed to say it.
But I like to think I’m pretty tame. This is the most I’ve commented in one day in months.
I was poking around LL 1.0 on the wayback machine last night..
It was weird.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
I’ve forgotten what life was like when this was a fairly standard thread
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I forgot how annoying I was back then
You can’t deny I have improved slightly
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2005 Jeff knew what he was talking about
“Blending stathead tendencies with a more wordy, lyrical kind of coverage will appeal to fans of each style.”
that'a a manageably small science joke though
Nowadays that would be 500 comments that devolve into some talk about something completely unrelated to the borg
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Such as, and I'm going out on a limb here, baseball?
by Graham MacAree on Oct 1, 2008 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I was thinking some lame talk about the wiki or something
but sure
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Seriously?
There’s only 41 entries with “Dick’s” in them.
I wouldn't have thought.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
How did you know how to conduct yourself in social situations?
How did you understand the quirky humor?
How were you able to regularly reference jokes that preceded your tenure?
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
There were like 3 jokes
It made things a lot easier
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Kersploosh.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
shit, wrong blog.
Fuck, never mind,
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I noticed that.
What do you do, then?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Emerson would support that.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
He wrote an essay called Self-Reliance
About being yourself.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
What a kind thing to do.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions
PEER PRESSURE
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe I live closer to the Mighty Overlord than anyone here.
So, by default, I’m in the best position to buy his leniency.
What?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahaha!
I noticed you referenced ERA and talked about cock-punching Felix in the same sentence in that post.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess we all start out as idiots around here.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Did he really go there?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
First through thousandth.
I talked to Jeff about this, but what killed me is the kid seemed pretty damn sharp for his age. He just had a problem with saying ridiculous things, and saying them way too much.
Yeah, I think if he is unbanned in like two years he'll be cool.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the route they should have taken with me 5 years ago
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No matter how bad game threads get,
they’ll never approach the level of bad that was May of this year with people like butthol and Coach dominating the post counts.
I shouted with joy once when Nick showed up
because I was so downtrodden.
I'm useless in gamethreads becuase I just yell a lot
I’m much better in the OT threads
by seattlebruin on Oct 1, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Elections?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I thought I was going to get in trouble in May
when I started a Coach Meltdown.
Amen.
Now he’s just an annoying person.
by Graham MacAree on Oct 1, 2008 9:46 PM PDT up reply actions
The fact that that is now OK is all that's wrong with LL
by Graham MacAree on Oct 1, 2008 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I loved that he lemming'd half of you into hating Strasburg
by Graham MacAree on Oct 1, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions
When Baker started picking up on Strasburg
I knew we were doomed.
Much more the latter thing.
He never learned how to shut up.
Remember when he'd post entire IM conversations
on the gamethreads?
One day, I'm going to campaign for Robert to be given mod privaleges as part of his LL archive project
just so he can go back and erase pointless drivel like that.
now that's selectively modifying history
That’s like Holocaust denial or something
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I prefer France.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahahaha
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Can we bring back buttlhol?
For entertainment purposes?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, isn't that a bit harsh?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions
He didn't help his case very much
when he created an alternate user account to post while his primary user account was banned.
He doesn't sound like a very smart guy.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeesh.
Didn’t he realize they can see both accounts use the same email?
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions
but they don't
They do use the same IP address t hough
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The first question I asked here, was actually explained to me so that I could understand why I was wrong.
But those were different times.
Are you unhappy with the creative direction of this site?
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
I have spent the last 5 years avoiding asking questions both here and at USSM
and just always nodding my head in agreement for fear of mockery
Although I do dislike Dave’s Offseason Plan and might actually question it if I had commenting abilities over there
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Hahaha
like they’d respond
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If you made a cogent legit critique, I would be surprised if he wouldn't.
Though not for the next 2 weeks or so.
fascinating
I wonder if he’d then pull me out of the moderation queue
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I tried emailing Dave once.
The reply was: Don’t be an idiot.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Only when taken out of context
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That he does.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I wrote an e-mail to Dave once, and he responded.
I ended up being placed into the mod queue (apparently by accident), and I wrote to point it out because I had said nothing that would warrant such an action, and Dave was really cool. Said it was probably a mistake and cleared me to post again.
USSM somehow fucked up my account.
So I can only post on random days.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions
You have inspired me
Dave Cameron can prepare to read 2000 words of Corcoanalytics
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Dave Cameron can prepare to read 2000 words of Corcoanalytics everyday until he responds
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very nice he deserves one
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Yeah, USSM is a damn quality blog.
He oughta try for GM. Why not give it a shot?
…..sigh…..
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I bet he's the best candidate out there
And nobody knows it.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I haven't seen Graham around here for a while.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Make a fanpost. Please.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
I just need to f igure out exactly what Corcoanalytics are first
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That might help.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions
corcoRA, corcoAVG, corcOPS
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I can see the book cover already.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Washburn's contract is up after this year, he's ~average.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
GMJ is a bad fielding version of Reed that hits slightly better
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions
"That's a real tough error?"
Are you fucking insanely retarded you old man? Christ, somebody commit you for the sake of society.
The look on Vlad's face watching Lackey throw shit in the dugout was priceless.
Stare at him blankly, continue eating sunflower seeds.
How is it where you are?
It’s hot as fuck here.
I try not to complain too much because San Diego is pretty cool for the most part, and I garner absolutely no sympathy,
but days like this are why California can go fuck itself.
At least you don't live in Temecula
it was over 100 at 7 PM both today and yesterday
And you commute to RB? Goodness.
I work with a guy who lives in Temecula. He commutes to Mission Valley. Every day.
The good news is that Northrop sponsors a vanpool to and from work
the bad news is that it leaves at 5:30 AM.
The good news is that means I get to write lots of OTFPOTDs
I have noticed now that I'm around in the mornings.
There’s usually around 40 posts when I wake up, as opposed to about 400 when I used to wake up.
Cool of Northrop Grumman to do that, though.
And holy shit, Mission Valley is like 15 miles farther from Temecula than RB
I didn’t even like driving to Mission Valley when I still lived in RB
Exactly.
I live in North Park, right near Mission Valley, so whenever I drive to Vegas or whatever, I’m completely miserable by the time I hit Temecula. I can’t believe someone can do that every single day.
BTW, traffic coming down the 15 in the morning is awful in Escondido, too
it’s almost LA bad from the 78 to about Via Rancho
by seattlebruin on Oct 1, 2008 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
He is.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I believe if they go deep this year, he'd consider staying.
by oc on Oct 1, 2008 9:18 PM PDT up reply actions
They'd give him the money, and he'd play for a winner.
They let Rodriguez walk and still get the pick.
by oc on Oct 1, 2008 9:19 PM PDT up reply actions
My magic 8-ball says "Ask again later"
Honestly, who knows?
More looniness...
…Would you entertain the thought of trading Josh Hamilton for David Price?
by oc on Oct 1, 2008 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I think suspensions ought to be doled out.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Dammit, I almost had a picture of Pedroia jiggling his nuts.
Go I wish my girlfriend’s show would be over so I could watch the game like a normal person.
J.K.L.
I doubt it, since it's a raw feed on the TBS website and not MLB.tv.
But maybe.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I hope so, because he was really goin' for it.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions
What a man.
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by .Taylor on Oct 1, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions
"Pitch counts, 3 days rest, all those things are out the door come September and October"
Dusty Baker approves.
AND THATS WHYYYYY I LOVE THIS TOOOOWWWWNNNNN!!!!
Has replaced THIS IS OOOOOUUUURRRR COUUUNNNTTRRRYYYYYY!!!!
Do I keep watching this game
or do I watch Torchwood instead?
I bet you are.
This is almost as exciting as my decision to purchase that Yamaha DX-7 today.
I'm trying to decide whether to scratch my ass
or take a swig of Coke.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't wanna stand up
the itch is on the right side and I don’t wanna reach all the way over with my left hand
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Honestly since all of the conversation was being held about six pages up
discussing butthol, first aid, and other random stuff, I didn’t think anyone was actually paying attention to this game.
My mistake.
YES YES YES!
That is true! It is amazing that a CATCHER like JOE MAUER can win batting titles!!! MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT BEFORE YOU SPOUT OFF SOME MORE ABOUT DICKWAD PEDROIA SOME MORE YOU MENTALLY CHALLENGED RUTABAGA.
It's funny how these guys repeat these things over and over
and can never put 2 and 2 together.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal Ripken is going to show us how to hit a sinker!
Because that’s something we’ll use in everyday life
At least when they give golf tips it’s helpful to some of the viewers
Cal Ripken hasn't been able to hit since 1991
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't they have Tony Gwynn on staff?
And Ripken’s giving hitting lessons?
I noticed Skip Caray's eyebrows for the first time tonight
and I am impressed.
It's TBS.
It’s either that or more Sex and the City re-runs.
yes yes yes yes yes
well actually it really doesn’t matter, so whatever
by seattlebruin on Oct 1, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd rather watch Sex and the City.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm with you.
I could never get more than 5 minutes into it without bailing.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's pointless.
I want something with a plot and some thought into a story. It’s just mindless drivel and Seinfeld being his annoying self.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Fine
but don’t compare it unfavorably to FRIENDS
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Somebody send out the SB signal.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I hated both shows.
The only difference is Friends made me laugh once, Seinfeld never made me laugh.
I'm no huge fan of Seinfeld,
but that’s just ridiculous.
I laughed because of Friends once.
I never laughed watching Seinfeld.
I remember watching Fiends with some
(cough) female friends, and them making a big deal that it took 15 minutes to get a laugh out of me. And I laughed at something no one else laughed at.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I will admit the last two seasons have not aged well
but Seinfeld at it’s worst was far better than FRIENDS at it’s best. No contest.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
So the point is stupid then.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
But the characters are caricatures of obnoxious morons.
You can’t satire idiocy and have it appeal to everyone.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Sure.
I still think it’s genius.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Few mainstream shows would have killed off Susan
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions
The manner in which they did it was amazing, too.
That being said, Curb is way better.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I've seen little of Curb
but what I’ve seen is quite funny
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Each season is better than the last..
The final season breaks pretty much every rule of television.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
They're actually pretty complex
The show has 3-4 different storylines that all merge together at the end in awesome comedy
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and no I'm not arguing that Seinfeld is a plot-driven show
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It's everything good about the 1990s
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Seriously I have no idea.
I’m proxying the TBS feed because I don’t have cable.
Frank Calinedo's show on TBS.
It’s the only show they have bumpers for.
They show 2 commercials a break.
Last season too
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by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions
They should outsource their ad time to other channels to run bumpers for.
I want to know about new shows on UPN
Technically CW
UPN and Warner Bros. merged to become CW
The leftover extra stations were bought out by News Corp and branded myTV
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I love the horny fungus girl
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Once Jessica Biel started acting all trashy and got kicked off it didn't last long.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
It was a dead corpse for the last 4 or 5
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My GF just spent close to 200$ on that show and Full House on DVD.
I told her I could BT it, but she wanted the “extra footage”.
What a waste of money that was.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
At least she didn't ask for a DVD box set of Blossom.
Just think of all of those Very Special Episodes.
I wanted that show to end on a VSE
where she befriended an older gentleman, gets lured into his van, and shows up in the woods 20 miles away 2 years later.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Much like Full House,
I think I’ve only actually seen 5 episodes, but each at least 100 times on separate Sunday mornings. So my number is probably much higher than the number of episodes.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I came close to pissing on the Full House house when I was in San Fran this spring.
That I didn’t, is my only regret in life.
I almost threw something at my TV
when the All-Star Game last year had a camera perched at the spot from the shot in the opening credits.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
They pulled it off a couple years ago
They did a series finale then extended it another awful season and it quietly tapered off
I only know this because my little sister was a huge fan
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Merged with the WB
It’s now called the CW.
Smalltown bitches
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I really have no idea how this is possible
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I'd be happy to hear any announcer over the age of 50 ever say that a pitcher
over-relies on his fastball.
Way to show the douch-iest RSN you can find.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The only song they play in Angels Stadium is "Jump"
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Some people just like baseball
and think it is a treat to see a major league game.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Well duh
he lives in San Diego, it’s different when it’s not an expensive overnight trip.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Would he have had to go to the game by himself?
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It's fun.
People look at you weird when they figure out you’re alone, but whatever.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I watch someone to hear my bitching and witty remarks.
This is why I rarely watch movies alone.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
You'd be so terribly wrong
we almost always watch bad movies
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
They get really weird when you have a ledger sized clipboard and notepad.
I’ve had half a section staring at me while I was timing throws and keeping score.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Although,
the A’s are worse only because instead of filming a real elephant or paying for dumbo footage, they shake a stuffed animal (half the time you can see the hand) to whatever music they can find.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Could have used extras.
Or a brawl. Or rats infesting the st… oh yeah, NM.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
"That's a save when a save is a save."
First of all, what?
Second of all, 3 run lead in the 9th against not their best hitters.
Thirdly, what?
Who's the guy with the mullet?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Each one a flamewar about a different band, TV show, or video game.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I stopped paying attention after the whole "what band members are actually the band" thing.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I can't believe anyone read it at all
I am truely sorry
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I would be =(
Unless it’s the World Series and they’re playing the Padres
by seattlebruin on Oct 1, 2008 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I cannot fathom watching a playoff game alone if the Ms were involved.
I would be losing my shit.
It's funny
The only two Cardinal playoff games I watched alone last time they were in were Game 7, and Game 5 :-/
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't handle the post-season well
when my teams are involved.
Nor do I
I can keep myself from punching walls if there are guests over.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Although I handle it a lot better than I used to.
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the first two year drought since 98-99
and I can’t imagine that the Cards have another decade in them
9=8
by JI on Oct 1, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions
*That's why I don't like to watch
That was bizarre.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I was at work and only knew what was happening based on the reactions I heard from the bar down the hall.
J.K.L.
by Aaron Campeau on Oct 1, 2008 11:23 PM PDT up reply actions
If my dad ever bitched at you while you were working there
I apologize on his behalf.
52" LCD hooked up to their computer...
Although I would probably make a trip out if they made it to the ALCS/WS.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I was on that setup until I got my "cushier" IT job.
Well, it was actually a 19" VGA display and a ATI TV Wonder hooked up to my Sempron.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That ATI cost me more than the rest of the computer.
And it still worked only intermittently.
I much prefer having everyone over for a “BBQ”, thinly disguised as an excuse to get everyone to ogle my TV and be then forced to watch the Ms.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
The best one was inviting a pack of Rangers (hockey) fans over
and forcing them to watch the Devils vs. Islanders instead.
There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
That means more shift.jpg,
and the re-emergence of the banhammer.
I’m all for it.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
It's dusty from underuse.
Not enough new people to quench its thirst for blood.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Different banhammer.
Each unique, like a snowflake.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
FG's could stand to be a bit more unfair.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
John did axe ASUBoyd.
If he gets rid of AK1984 things are golden.
The shift key got dead-memed.
Whenever it gets posted people get mad at me for creating it.
I'm bringing shifty back.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Did I really just type that?
Fuck, maybe it’s time for bed.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Just wait until RAYS tomorrow.
We might need a second thread after just that game.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I'm still not all that sold on Chrome yet.
It’s quick, but there’s something about it I don’t like. Can’t quite put my finger on it.
No adblock.
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
I only use it for game threads.
It flies on those unless someone (*cough*) posts a GIF without a subject line.
I will say Chrome is great on the EeePCs I've been buying for work.
The lack of a toolbar/status bar/navigation bar really helps out on that screen.
We can't go back to requiring a subject line?
Wasn’t that a concession they made for us during the switch?
It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray
Do we comment here? Or invade DRaysBay and make that place respectable?
B.J. Upton's new nickname = "Laggard McShambleslow"
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