3/30: Stateside Opening Day Open Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 4:30 PM PDT
in Seattle Mariners Game Threads
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Here's a fun game I was playing with someone last Friday. Without
cheating, name as many current Washington Nationals pitchers as you
can.
Teixeira '09.
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Thank goodness for fantasy baseball.
Lannan
Bergmann
Hill (albeit injured)
Loaiza
Those are my best guesses.
If you're a fantasy player, and you look at the Nationals' pitching staff
you're a bad fantasy player.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I look at it.
I don't own any of them....
well, I picked up Hill a week ago to keep as a DL spot. He is good enough he might produce when healthy.
Oh, plus you need to know everyone's closers.
And when you are in deep leagues, I am in a couple, you have to find value somewhere.
Ryan Zimmerman
Cristian Guzman
Dmitri Young
Nick Johnson
.....uhhhhhhh...fuck it all.... Ronnie Belliard? Is he still on the team?
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Hmmm
Can anyone explain why I'm seeing this whenever I try to access mlbtv?
It even does that when I try to get into gameday audio.
It did this for the second Japan game too
The first was fine.
If I'm having trouble with watching on opening day...
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
That's been happening to me too
Usually only when watching games live. I have no idea why. It doesn't seem to be a blackout thing. I sent them an email but they never replied. Just another in a long series of retarded mlb.com bugs I think.
Yeah, I can watch archived games fine
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, trygoing to
MLB.com, go to 'Audio and Video' and click on Multimedia guide, then click on the live broadcast for the game. When I do that the log in screen comes up just fine. Unfortunately the national blackout keeps me from seeing what happens past that point, but it should work.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Nope, same picture
I can log in fine. Just can't get into any of the feeds.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Crap. Then contacting MLB.com
is probably the best option, which I see you've already done.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
I suspect that paying £5 to upgrade is my best best
However, since I don't have the credit card in question I have to hunt someone down to get it done. Grrrrr.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Try another browser
I had it with Firefox but they gave me the login screen with IE. I guess it is some kind of cookie problem, had it several times last year too.
If you ever get that again...
try going to the "My Account" link on the main page. It will tell you that your session has expired and you need to log in again. It's worked for me a couple times.
Starting pitchers...
Bergmann
Hill
...Patterson doesn't count since he got cut...
Okay, I give.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Oh, just pitchers in general?
Okay, add Cordero. And I'm out of names again.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Odalis Perez..I win
I fucking hate you Mariners
odalis perez
and that's only because i do fantasy.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:08 PM PDT reply actions
Game's under national blackout.
ESPN has exclusive broadcast rights.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Some of the players looked like they were in pain.
President Bush getting booed = hilarious
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
The President
Is not receiving a warm welcome.
by Garces on Mar 30, 2008 5:13 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The understatement of the baseball season so far
Thought the 28%'ers were giving it a go.
Your favorite meme is dead
I was really anticipating with what they came up for the com break
This was kinda disappointing though. I'm going to watch a lot of games out of my bed and this will probably put me asleep most of the time :(
Well mine don't include a worship to beer or drugs or swearing
or whatever the heck yours have in them, so my choice is rather limited.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Drugs?
Which website do you think you're reading?
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
youre able to get a feed?
how? I'm using (or not using) JAP, and cant get past the blackout
Yeah, I was just trying it out using JAP
everything seems to work.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you use the 1.2 mB?
It didn't open for me. 800k is running fine though.
800k as well
1.2 mb didn't load for me either. But that's okay, 800k is still an improvement.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Dont get it to run fullscreen though
It fills only like 2/3 of the screen in fullscreen mode :(
Refresh helped.
I guess it was caused by me resizing the window first.
Joe Morgan doesn't reconize Japanese baseball.
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I'm late!
Nick Johnson
Dimitri Young
Christian Guzman
Shawn Hill
Chad Cordero
Lastings Milledge
Paul LoDuca
Elijah Dukes
Not bad, but I forgot Zimmerman? REALLY?!? REALLLLY?!?!?
I also didn't know if Nook Logan was still on the team. Answer? No
We're discussing shirt tags...
And they say that baseball broadcasting quality has gone downhill.
Seems to slow down the internet in general.
Probably gonna have to end up shutting it off.
Damn, I like auto update too.
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Wow, I knew they picked up Perez late,
but he didn't even have time to remove the tags from his nationals jersey...
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
I should relax?
You threatened Garces's life.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Your father hates you so much
That he has an alibi for his sperm on the night you were conceived.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not very nice
I would be nicer to you if you were less annoying, though.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
A worthless tool
like a cardboard hammer.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
That commercial was pretty funny...
Man, that bug game was something else.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Christan Guzman is still playing baseball?
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Yikes, note for opposing teams...
there's a lot of room on the 1B side foul line.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
We like him better than you.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
i'm going to stay out of this conversation.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
you don't set the rules
and i don't give a fuck about the mariners anyway.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
It's not a rule.
I'm just requesting that you don't insult my team. Do I insult the Cards or Rams?
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Actually, I lie.
You're a lot better than Coach.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah know, thinking about it, I sorta gotta agree with
Morgan a little bit. This game has more meaning to me than either of the Japan games. Maybe its because they're actually playing in a real ballpark.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Or maybe because it's not three in the morning
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Also the time factor...
When you play "real" games and then games that don't count, it's hard to really weight them as opening day. It's more like a false start.
Morgan believes in K-Zone...
But not radar guns.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Radar guns are science
K zones are rectangles. Good old fashioned rectangles. Like your father used to make.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Joe Mogan believes K zone?
Does he know K zone is run by a computer?
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Was the caveman behind homeplate
in the stands?
I fucking hate you Mariners
Atlanta's gloves are not impressing me at the moment.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Line score is slow.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
How can he lead the league in OF ass.
if they dont test him often?
5th row behind homeplate
Red shirt on the aisle above the taco bell sign...caveman
I fucking hate you Mariners
The throws are pretty decent, but
Atlanta's not catching anything. I can't believe Milledge didn't get me that tailor made RBI.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
These fans are gonna be sorely dissapointed
by Meat Hook.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
LOL
Way to keep track of who's batting, Miller.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Lemme check the site in it for a while
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:48 PM PDT up reply actions
ok
thanks. it just kind of happens when you go to post a comment and a new comment pops up from someone else.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, big slowdown using IE7
Firefox 3b4 is much happier on it.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
How is 3b4?
I'm still waiting for most of my extensions to be compatible with it.
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So it's hard for me to say
I never used 2.0 because the only reason I'm off Opera is LL's upgrade, so I can't really compare. Really nice feel and this thing is lightning quick though, so I'm happy enough with it.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
if you get an extension called the "nightly tester tool"
it forces your extensions to be compatible
eh
fuck IE7. i've had more problems when this thing.
need to reinstall firefox.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm using IE too...
and the comments come up normally, but then the little window in the lower left corner pops up late and says about 8 people commented in the last 2 seconds. Although that may be normal, haven't been on a game thread yet.
same problem
because it lags and then says all the people who have commented in the last 20 seconds or so.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, that's the setting
it's not an immediate notification.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 5:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, doesn't do that for me...
I use IE 6.0, though.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Definitely should use Firefox
I was running this in IE and it was lagging pretty bad at times.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Okay, this seems to be doing well
I don't think loading times will be a problem once you're in the thread. But if you're late to the party...
not everyone has a good time at every party
in fact, i bet you don't have a good time at any party.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's doing alot better than in previous threads.
Auto update still slowing down mlb.tv?
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
I need to get Brett to post those photos of you
Because god damn are those things hilarious
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
I find myself
using the 'Z' button on almost every website I visit now. And then I'm confounded for a moment as to why it doesn't work. Damn LL
haha
me too. i was on field gulls today and was pressing the z button and was dumbfounded when it didn't work.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
McCann got NAILED.
Nice play on the ricochet by Kearns.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
mccann's momma is so fat when she stepped on a scale she said i want my weight not phone number
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Gotta say, I like Nationals Park.
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Nats vs Braves
And we're talking about Yankee stadium.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
You'd think it wouldn't be that hard to find subject material
2 innings into the season, but you'd be wrong.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
customary Yankee/Red Sox discussions
I fucking hate you Mariners
I think it's part of ESPN's contract with the league
Mandatory mentions every 3 innings
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Mar 30, 2008 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
You know,
I'm pretty sure that I really like the way threads work now. Live updating is good stuff, and "z" makes it all kinds of easy to keep up. I approve.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Wow, I approve of the new Gameday.
It's only the second inning, and there are already two highlights that I can view!
Oh god...
Just when I thought the coverage couldn't get any dumber...
That's right Morgan, kiss the presidents ass.
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George Bush
in the booth? Well I'll give ESPN this, it's new and different. 0_o But not an improvement.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Wow, weird bug here in the thread
The popup thing that alerts to new posts is locked to the sideway up at the top of the page. Using IE6 in XP Pro SP2
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
I wish work would let me...
Anyhow, I refreshed and it's fine now. I think it happened while I was scrolling down quickly. Must have got stuck rendering or something.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Mar 30, 2008 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Hiring Joe Morgan as GM
wins you the #1 overall pick in each draft, which is then spent on a guy who never played baseball.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Braves playing some pretty shitty ball.
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WOW.
Kelly Johnson just got picked off by Odalis Perez. The Braves look like garbage right now.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Maybe that's it.
Maybe the Braves still think the season starts tomorrow. >_>
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
I don't see much point even if it doesn't
It's a game thread. We really should all know the score
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
This isn't the same thing
but check out Talking Chop and Federal Baseball. You get a live-updating line score on the main page for people who may be late.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's cool. But i'm down here at the bottom of the thread, so it's pointless.
Though it would be cool if they could come up with a floating one that stayed in the bottom corner of the page, or something.
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Mar 30, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Agreed.
I wasn't going to say anything because I've bitched enough about the new format already, but it seems like it's just taking up bandwidth to me.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Maybe we should have bitched more...
A guy on RedReporter convinced one of the devs to add a submit button...
This mlb.tv ad screen is so boring....
I'd rather have pacman back!
I'll say this about the president.
He doesn't look like a fool on these first pitches.
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Maybe lightly tossing a ball 90'
But ask the people in Texas how much else he knows about baseball.
60' even, gah...
And to be more precise, 60' 6"
If he missed
He would stay on that mound trying to make it right, even if it took five years and four thousand balls.
by Jordan of Boise on Mar 30, 2008 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Bush should quit and be a baseball commentator.
That could be fun
I fucking hate you Mariners
I love that
clap clap point point...hilarious
I fucking hate you Mariners
But she's too busy dodging sniper fire
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Mar 30, 2008 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
We do this all for you Jeff...all for you
I fucking hate you Mariners
who cares about politicsThere is
There is baseball to be had
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
His American made car broke down
I fucking hate you Mariners
Bush is a great commentator..i love it
I fucking hate you Mariners
He's already better than Morgan.
Bush/Miller in 09!
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Terrible call George.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
I'm taking you to a Marilyn Manson concert
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions
dont forget
beer, drugs and prostitutes coach... all things that are needed
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Finally get into mlb.tv!!!
And what do I get? GWB, fucking GWB...
Miller and Bush mentions steriods.
Morgan looks nervous.
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The only problem with live updating:
the site doesn't get to inflate its traffic numbers during game threads.
When will MLB give up
on getting people in the inner city to play baseball?
The poster formerly known as Matt.
TeeBall on the south lawn...
bringing exposure to 20 kids in America... nice work asshole
Comment count needs to auto update.
How are we gonna know that we're approaching 1000 comments without freshing the whole thread?
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
What does it collapse at?
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
I doubt it does at all
But the slowdown will kill threads eventually.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I wonder though
I haven't had any slowdown yet. Maybe it's fine if you're already in the thread. It could just be the initial load that sucks.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
It's running much smoother in the long threads
Than it was when we switched.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you currently having any problems with this?
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope, none
But then again I've switched to FF3b4 from Opera. I still can't run Opera properly on big threads.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
In the gamethread for one of the boston games
I didn't notice any significant lag being in the thread, it was only the refresh that was really slow. That thread was about 500+ comments
I don't think it has any limit
I'll just be starting new threads every so often anyway to ease loading times for people who haven't been in from the beginning.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions
And the whole inner city discussion...
It's not clinics that will get inner city kids back to baseball. It's seeing guys jump straight from high school into multi-million dollar contracts, bling on all the players, and musicians pushing it (other than wearing a Yankees hat).
The only thing mooring me to this garbage game
is hoping that Yunel Escobar gives my cbs fantasy team some love.
by Jordan of Boise on Mar 30, 2008 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, that wasn't that bad.
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Joe Morgan's email to George Bush after tonight's game
Dear Georgie,
I can not quit you. You complete me. I can't concetrate with out you. Please come back to me.
Love,
Big Red Machine
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
They had a sausage-esque presidential mascot race
but one of them looked like Willie.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions
The National League makes me hate baseball
I fucking hate you Mariners
Have to agree
Call the damn game.
Haha Guzman sucks
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow nats manager
"Nick Johnson brings alot with his on base percentage and good defense."
Acta's even aware of the 70% SB return rate
He's awesome
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny Acta rocks
he just needs a good team now.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Manny Acta has no idea what he's talking about
Hustle, determination, and team chemistry is 87.65% of a successful baseball team. It's not an integer so you know it's accurate.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Joe called that a bad in-between hop...
I don't think so
Elijah Dukes!
"you out, dawg - your kids, too"
by Jordan of Boise on Mar 30, 2008 6:32 PM PDT reply actions
Woohoo! Angels on TV tomor-
*looks around*
Oh. Right. Nevermind. >_>;
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Haha yeah...
Jered Weaver vs. Livan Hernandez... What a matchup that will be!
Hernandez 2.0 is the "Ace" of the Twins.
Hilarious.
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Well...
Liriano's supposed to be back sometime...
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
point point laugh laugh
I fucking hate you Mariners
Ahh the bunt for the second out...
That's why we all love the NL, right?
THIS IS OUUUURRRR COUNTRY!!
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There's only one America, there's only one post-season,
there's only one OCTOBER!
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
NOooooooooooooooooo
not again...It's bad enough that I've been reduced to selling them, but I can't listen to that all the time. It'll make me crazy
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
by tootthekazoo on Mar 30, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
I should expect the M's OD game thread
bright and early tomorrow, right Jeff?
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
i'm expecting
your mom in my bed bright and early tomorrow.
by stlcardinalsfang on Mar 30, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
We need a new ballpark
I fucking hate you Mariners
They have cheerleaders? huh
I fucking hate you Mariners
Any more and his head explodes
He's walking on the wild side
If you say it 3 times in front of a mirror
Bill James comes to your house and turns you into a calculator. A graphing calculator.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
by JLC on Mar 30, 2008 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Kinda surprised.
Perez wasn't pitching that badly, why'd he leave?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Yeah, but if a guys on
why not keep the bullpen fresh?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
he didnt get many innings in spring training
need to get him extended out
I fucking hate you Mariners
Saul Rivera
Definitely forgot to name this guy.
Holy crap, something exciting really needs to happen.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Yeah, this game has really gotten boring.
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I've run out of caffeine
I'm not allowed to eat any more than four in one night, but still falling asleep. Argh.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Four chocolate covered coffee beans.
Too sleepy to be coherent.
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Didn't take gameday very long
to start lagging.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Why did Joe send his condolences on the air?
He already spoke at the funeral. People aren't going to like you more for this, Joe.
Listening to some of the fans I listened to while at Spring Training
I have to disagree.
Nope.
2-1 will be the final score of this game.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
It's only nailbiting if you care which team wins
by Graham MacAree on Mar 30, 2008 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes and no
I think they continue this series like a week later or something stupid like that.
The poster formerly known as Matt.
"125"
Fielder got PWNED by that little kid.
I hate commercials more every day.
The kid should've mentioned how much Fielder got in arbitration
That's how you piss off the Prince.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Ray King in.
Anybody got a sudden craving for bacon?
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
I just started eating cookie dough
not gonna lie
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I always crave bacon.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Best thing about having no real job:
No such thing as leaving work early. It's always "on time"
...and now I'm here
I get off work at 7 AM.
DBacks at 11, Mariners at 3.
It's gonna be a long day.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
What do you do?
Because that's lame.
...and now I'm here
Surveillance at a casino.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Less lame.
Though, in some ways, still lame.
...and now I'm here
Well the good thing is that I have Mondays and Tuesdays off.
So I don't have to go to work that night.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Man
That is gonna be a long day... but so worth it
Yep. I'm looking forward to it.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
I'll have the radio going...
Why didn't anyoneat baseball realize it would be much better to start the season Friday night (Saturday if you have to) so that people will spend the next weekend day watching all the games? Talk about a ton of lost ad revenue because everyone will be at work during the games.
Skipping class... Same thing, kind of
My brother and sister both live in Seattle, and are both working half-days to go to the game... I am insanely jealous.
I'm considering streaming from work.
But I get to be home for the M's game. Sometimes the east coast has its advantages.
Opening Night Baseball: Built by Home Depot
Really? Home Depot built opening night baseball? Hot damn, they've got Lowe's beat.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Wow.. I just noticed the running scoreboard at the top of the thread.
Awesome.
...and now I'm here
Yeah that thing has been getting a workout all night.
what with all the scoring and all.
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Ha, well, still cool.
I was taking my dog out for a walk, so I haven't been subjected to the low scoring.
...and now I'm here
I hate it even more...
When it's a certain manager in the AL west doing it...
So it looks like the name of the game here
is never leaving the gamethread. I haven't noticed any significant lag from within, but I just refreshed to see how many comments there were and it took over 30 seconds.
yeah
refreshing = bad
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
That's both incredibly interesting and useful, thank you.
...and now I'm here
I have been having some problems with "z"
Otherwise I'd say you're right.
...and now I'm here
I have too.
If you have a comment "highlighted", and a comment appears over it, it'll clear that comment and go to the next one. If you keep comments cleared, or use c + x, it works better.
That's been a problem for a while.
In this case, my thing has been deselecting all comments altogether.
So if I press z, no matter how many times I press it, it doesn't work unless I click on the screen again.
...and now I'm here
Thats been happening to me,
but only when I switch to a different window or tab and then come back...
Fucking flesh eating ponies.
...and now I'm here
Maybe its cause i have the flu and im bitter...
but I just know im gonna hate those commercials where the players are talking to those little league kids.
"fuck! one of my homers turned out to be a triple and an error! this is literally the worst thing to ever happen!"
"dont worry kid, youve got me, a famous big leaguer to help you out and give you self confidence!"
"yay! what a positive little league experience!"
as you can probably tell, i didnt get many hits in little league. i vaguely remember making contact once, but that was probably a boredom-induced hallucination from sitting on the bench for years
And for a minute there I lost myself.
I lost myself.
...and now I'm here
Hey, something interesting.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
No matter what park they play in, they're still the
Nationals.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Is this the first official use of the surprised face
this season?
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
I'd search the Sox/A's game threads
but I don't want to wait out the loading times.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Nationals fans hate America.
...and now I'm here
Fair @ reply.
I blame the indent on the comment box. I thought I hit reply.
What do you blame for misspelling fail?
...and now I'm here
Firefox.
It doesn't have spellcheck by default in the title boxes.
True... though "fair" is still a word.
I blame Russians.
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Yeah dude, I hate that
Spellcheck is my best friend, an I need it in the subject just as much, if not more...
yay!
extra innings!
i love it when opening day gets interesting. it just seems right.
dammit
spoke too soon. forgot washington as as home.
hey im sick and delirious. im surprised i can even spell at this point
yes i know i probably misspelled delirious haha
by Karma Police on Mar 30, 2008 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm not watching extra innings.
Somebody go deep.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Well the bright side for you guys is
if the Braves get a lead, you'll get to see Soriano again.
*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!
Nice job Eric Byrnes.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
GONE!!!
ZIMMERMAN!
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Happy ending...
I can't hear that phrase without having the Robot Chicken sketch get stuck in my head.
Hot damn that was perfect.
Baseball is back! I can't wait for tomorrow.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Heard at the plate
Zimmerman: AHHHHHHHH!
Teammates: WHOOOOOOOO!
Manny Acta: Anyone have the win expectancy chart for this game?
Previously NoNameX -- Go M's!
Well
what a nice park. I was in DC a few years ago and went to a Nats game at RFK. Not only was it a POS, but I was wearing my Ducks cap and some guy started shouting outside the Metro about Oregonians being racist and he wanted to fight me.
I hauled ass to the stadium as fast as I could.
Anyway, this stadium looked nice and a refreshing difference from the 'retro' craze.
Oh, and that game I went to a few years back, Zimmerman hit a walk off against Wang. I've liked him ever since.
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Well, it looks like the new Lookout Landing failed.
Apologies to everyone for the sucky features. We'll be rolling you all back to the previous platform as soon as we can.
Sorry for the terrible inconvenience!
;)
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
We don't take kindly to smugness around these parts
by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Mar 30, 2008 8:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, smugness bothers me.
Just had to try it once. It's out of my system now.
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
You clearly have never been here on Felix day.
...and now I'm here
what's Felix day?
clearly i haven't
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
Wait until we reach the 1000 comment limit.
Wait... is there a 1000 comment limit?
...and now I'm here
Yeah well so's your face
This whole thing worked like a charm once you were already in the thread. So the slow loading time looks like it'll only be a one-time problem (if you're late).
The new auto-refresh comment notice does give MLB.tv a little hiccup every 20 seconds, but it's not horrible. Just a heads-up.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 9:16 PM PDT up reply actions
We're making some more tweaks
in prep for all the Opening Day games tomorrow, so we're hoping it'll be even faster. And if we've figured right it ought to solve the MLB.tv hiccup.
Really, it's great to see that y'all were able to enjoy yourselves and keep communicating throughout the game without much trouble.
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
For the record
this thread currently has a 14-second complete loading time for me. That's not too bad, and if you're in the thread from the start, you don't even have to deal with it at all. If you can fix that little glitch with MLB.tv, then that's just gravy.
The site performance over the last few days has really assuaged my initial fears. Good on you guys. I'm more than pleased.
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 9:33 PM PDT up reply actions
We need to do better than that
FireFox 2 is unusually slow at this sort of thing for some reason, so we've taken it up as a challenge. Safari manages to load this page in roughly 9 seconds for me.
FF3beta is even faster (so the future looks bright) but we're determined to make things quicker in FF2, IE6, IE7 and Opera.
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
I will not stand in your way
I suppose if you must improve on things...
by Jeff Sullivan on Mar 30, 2008 9:45 PM PDT up reply actions
My only real complaint at this point is the fact that comments stop threading at a certain point.
It would be awesome if this were fixed before the game.
But besides that, I gotta agree with Jeff, it's handling things much better than expected so far.
Also, I just noticed that you guys have added a post button, allowing us to skip the preview. Awesome! You guys rock.
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Admit it
How many of these great recent changes were only made because of us. All of them? I thought so.
...and now I'm here
You know it's true.
Everything we do, we do for you.
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. We are like the Borg, but friendly.
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