4/1: Open Felix Day Thread
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 10:00 AM PDT
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This is basically like going to a party, getting blasted, going home with what you think is a slender brunette, and waking up next to a tall Swedish blonde.
LET'S GO MARINERS!!
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Ditto.
I ejaculated far too much GTE last night and it has meant that my day has been a complete write-off today as I have been a walking zombie.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 1, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
What I have learned in the last 24 hours
EnglishMariner is a woman who ejaculates.
Should I be horrified? Y/N
Does the swedish blonde
serve up swedish meatballs?
I'm a bit confused... Is Erik Bedard the slender brunette? Because if so you should add to the description sullen and incommunicative (but a hellcat in the sack)
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 1, 2008 10:04 AM PDT reply actions
I'll be up in section 329, row 2
Freezing my ass off.
Happy Felix Day!
I prefer the slender brunnette
But am willing to sleep with Felix.
Wait, did I misunderstand the analogy?
EnglishMariner
is not allowed to GTE in this thread.
between this and our violent GTE outbursts
if we ever get riled up as a group in SafeCo, it may be our last legal visit there.
I'll be in section 112 Row 12
This is gonna be awesome!
If Pinocchio has a cocaine problem and he lies about it, does that make it worse?
Here's to an excellent Felix Day!
Against Vicente Padilla -- I hope he throws a few more of those 65 mph "curveballs" like he did in his last start against the Mariners.
I'd prefer the slender brunette any day
In fact, I'm dating one.
I like 'em short too. Pocket-sized.
It's not fair because you're tall
Is this you?
If so do you ever go there just to say "Hey look I'm on the internet!" ?
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha yeah that's me.
Actually, I was driving back to Seattle from school last summer, and I met this Texas chick in a bar in New Orleans. I got her number when I left N.O. and kept driving home. She didn't believe me that I was going to play pro, so I showed her my agents page. After that she was like, maybe I should come up there to visit! Hahaha it was one of the funniest things I've experienced. She didn't come though. Too bad, she was hot and had that southern twang that is so delicious on a beautiful woman.
Man that's hilarious
But you gotta go with the Billy Beane line and try and pick up girls by telling em you're a garbage man or such.
And you're all over the interweb... like here. I knew I should have become a famous basketball player instead of an engineer.
Too bad I'm 6-0 and went to Garfield during the Brandon and Marcellus days =(.
Who do you play for now (I'm kind of a basketball nerd...)?
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha maybe I'll try that Beane line...
But my friends always want me to tell a girl that I am proportional. Although it seems hilarious, and probably would be, I don't think I want the kind of girl who would like that pick-up line. I'm sort of anti-STD, just this thing I have.
I played against Garfield when Brandon was a senior, with Marcellus and Isiah Stanbeck too. It was just a jamboree, but I remember being assigned to guard Brandon and being extremely intimidated because it was my first year on varsity. Don't remember how it turned out. I like to think that I swatted his shot into the stands.
My current team is the Svendborg Rabbits. Here:http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=DEN&PlayerID=38069
I don't know how to post a picture of our mascot, but if I did I am sure you all would find it quite hilarious.
By the way....
we better not let Brett see this conversation, I've heard he isn't really a fan of basketball haha.
Brayden
I hope you're improving your free throw percentage! Those college stats are atrocious! How would I even know you were a white player when you shoot that badly from the line? ;-)
Man, my college coach screwed my FT routine.
It's embarrassing. And it hasn't gotten better. My ft is so damn inconsistent. I think I need to speed up my routine, cause I take my time and screw things up that way I think. In practice I am a beast at FT's, making it even more of a connundrum.
my winky emoticon
got cut in half... i was just razzin' ya.
it's not like I would encourage people to start giving you the hack-a-shaq treatment!
No it's fine,
I do need to improve it. That is 3rd on my goals for this summer. Behind long distance shooting and ball-handling. I play 4/5, but I need to improve my 3-pt shot, (again, make it more consistent) to play in higher leagues over here.
a weird hole in my game is the 12-15' jumper
I never get open shots from medium range... everything is under the basket or from the 3 line. Probably because you have to work hard for those shots.
15 ft. jumper is money for me
But out at 20 feet, I get shaky. In practice I hit about 50%, but that isn't good enough to take it in the games.
I balled for the first time in ages this weekend
I learned that I need to shoot better, because I actually could in college.
Woot for IM teams running the Duke system
you are talking about basketball, right?
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes =(
pdb you are setting new lows today...
It's what I do.
I blame my office for having nothing of substance for me to do today.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I played with Isaiah on the baseball team
really nice guy, ran ridiculously fast, not the sharpest tool in the shed.
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
He was a cool guy in Spanish class, though.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 1, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions
lol they all seemed like pretty decent guys
at least no one got arrested or broke their hand on the backboard stand at Pauley Pavilion (like Franklin grad Aaron Brooks)
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I think Marcellus tried to cheat off me in Spanish with Kelly, though
Not that it means much, because nobody did any work whatsoever in that class.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 1, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
I never talked to him..
I was just happy to be on the same court as Roy and the future UW quarterback haha.
Don't forget Dallas Cowboys backup WR...
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Haha I didn't even know that.
It's always fun playing with guys you know/played against in video games. I'll definitely have him on my bench in Madden hahaha
Tell me about it
I went to school with Tim Lincecum. Hung out with him a few times, and played Freshman baseball with him. It's weird to see him in videogames, and on the front page of websites from time to time
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by tootthekazoo on Apr 1, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I kind of know the feeling.
I graduated with someone who was drafted by the Nationals in the third round last season. Same school that gave the Expos Grady Sizemore in the third round.
If he ever makes the big leagues, I can proudly say "I was in his graduation class. The douchebag shoved me into a locker my freshman year."
haha I feel you.
I got shoved into a trash can as a freshman by two future NFLers. One got drafted by the Seahawks, one plays for the Panthers on the scout team.
I somewhat got vengence.
Senior year I noticed he was copying off my final in Washington State History. I ended up feeding him the wrong answers, which led to him failing the class.
You got your ass kicked by a former Seahawk, too?
Actually, he never kicked MY ass, since I tried to avoid him as much as possible, but growing up with Chad Eaton did sorta suck. Of course my mother-in-law was a teacher of his in elementary school, so I've got plenty of dirt on him...
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by PositivePaul on Apr 1, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I played freshman baseball
in Gainesville, GA with Micah Owings - you know, the SP that hits like crazy for the Dbacks? I played 2B that year.
Yeah, he was the best hitter that year, by far, in the district.
Time to get excited about baseball again!
Yeah, one time I was watching with my dad
who was always convinced that Isaiah would make it in MLB not the NFL. The 'Boys were up by like 10 with the ball with about a minute to play... and #86 goes in at flanker
"Isaiah's in!!!! I hope Romo throws it to him!"
Naw... just three running plays in which Isaiah "blocked" the opposing teams CB... still though
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
So what's the over/under
on how many fastballs Felix throws in a row to start this game?
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I'm hoping that since Felix now charts Bedard's starts instead of HoRam's
he might take notice that Erik went FB-CV-CV to start the game with a 3-pitch K.
open with a change
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by JI on Apr 1, 2008 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions
is it just me or is that a stupid pitch to start off with?
don't you actually have to establish the fastball, at least velocity-wise, before a changeup is effective? Otherwise, it's a BP fastball with a bit more movement.
ESTABLISH THE FASTBALL!!!!!!!
I think the point of the change is that you throw it with the same motion as the fastball - e.g. since the batter is probably expecting a 96-98 MPH heater to start the game you deceive him with that 86 MPH change - you don't need to have established the fastball during the current game, just as a frame of reference from previous ABs/game films
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions
What if?
the batsman is looking to take the pitch and sees a slow one coming at him and hits the crap out of it?
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Apr 1, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Because the most beautiful thing about the change
is that it doesn't go right down the fucking middle.
If it did, it would be the most useless pitch of all time
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, I know why a changeup is effective
my point is, if you haven't yet seen the 97mph fastball that day, you haven't tuned up for it.
I know you know why a change is effective
I'm just saying that I think the change is effective regardless because of the movement and even though you're not geared up from earlier that day, you've probably seen the pitcher before and from that previous frame of reference you still don't know what's coming.
Any time a hitter goes into an at bat, I'm sure they have an idea "X pitcher throws ~Y MPH fastball" and look for that first.
Otherwise I feel like Jamie Moyer would have gotten killed in the first few inning of every start, since that 82 MPH fastball probably looked like a beach ball to ML hitters.
a frame of reference is really different from actually seeing it though
at least to me, I know when I step into a batting cage, I can read the sign that says 70mph, and I know from experience what that means, but my timing is always going to be the worst/slowest on that first pitch.
And FWIW, Jamie Moyer's worst inning in his career? 1st.
Yeah I kinda figured that part
and made the comment anyway =(
I guess what I'm really arguing is that the change isn't a worthless pitch before the fastball has been established, but if you wanted to say that the change becomes much more effective as the game progresses and the idea of a 96 MPH tailing fastball gets planted more and more firmly in the hitters mind, I wouldn't disagree.
I concur.
I rarely saw him use the change last year and therefore would love to see more of it. That said, I wouldn't want him to start off a batsman with a change-up.
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Apr 1, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
my comment was too dry
...but it works on playstation, throw at batter nothing but changeups on the black...
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by JI on Apr 1, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I could really use some funk
to add to the over all Felix day excitement
I need a screencap
when the first funk blast goes down, just to see if they updated the production value of it.
In the meantime, I really need to find a way to get a Felix shirt. Until then, it's more time spent in jerseys for me.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 1, 2008 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
my plan with it is right or wrong
This may end with much ridicule, but I am going to blame every Yuni error on Richie. Just because.
I may be incredibly biased
but it didn't look like Richie even bothered to try and get that throw.
I would agree
I'm not sure that even his large frame could have gotten to that ball and remained on the bag for the out, but an alert and smart first baseman has got to make an effort to field that ball even off the bag to save the extra base, especially at home where he should be aware that the really low-ledge of the camera well is going to allow that ball to get out of play.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 1, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Well, sure...
I saw that play straight on (thanks to my perspective up the third base line just outside the foul pole), and unless they add a "short first" position (between 1B and C), I don't think ANY player would've gotten to where Yuni threw that ball. It was a terrible, terrible throw. I let Yuni know, too.
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by PositivePaul on Apr 1, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
And that would be the bonus
of not watching the play from the right-center corner.
by Two Rs and Two Ls on Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Only Yuni's errors?
I was going to blame everything on him, including war in the Middle East, world hunger/poverty, global warming... you get the idea.
by seattlebruin on Apr 1, 2008 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions
what about Jose?
Can't we try to blame Lopez, too?
What were you thinking, Jose, trying to get a double play?
Also, blame the Rangers, for substituting Kinsler for the original announced starter, Ramon Vazquez. Yuni saw a white second baseman coming at him and panicked.
Yeah
I was actually a bit disappointed to not see it. I had to pull up an old thread to listen to it.
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by tootthekazoo on Apr 1, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Happy Felix Day
I'll be bundled up at the game tonight, but I'll still have my HFD shirt on underneath it all.
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Indeed, Felix Day it is.
I just hope he doesn't implode vs. Texas' lefty-hitting lineup like he normally does. Texas is tough on him. Even in Safeco...
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Felix looked pretty solid vs. Texas last year, if I remember correctly.
And was good in his last 2006 start against them. Felix struggled against Texas when he was a boy. Now he's a man.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 1, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
ESPN showed his stats this morning
Felix's ERA was under 2 against texas last year
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
The only time I've seen him struggle against Texas......
was an away game at the Ballpark in Hell
by Susheel Ramasahayam on Apr 1, 2008 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I didn't know you could do that!
dammit, all those wasted oppostunities
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 1, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I have Hamilton on a fantasy team
and have a pretty good feeling that he's going to give Felix all kinds of trouble today. Is that wrong?
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 1, 2008 12:50 PM PDT reply actions
I concur.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 1, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Most definitely.
Real sports come before fantasy sports.
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
OK fuck him
if he goes 0 fer today he'll more than make up for it in his first home series. That guy playing in Arlington is a crime.
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 1, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, I have Hamilton starting today too but I don't expect him to hit.
Burrell's got the day off though so I've gotta start someone
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You don't have to use that little exclamation point Jeff.
There's no need for that.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
There's no need for YOUR MOM
Ohhhhhhhhhh
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I found a need for her
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
It's occurred to me
that I'm still in Old LL mode where I constantly click the Richie logo and then re-enter the thread looking for new comments.
I do the same thing
and I also find that the new format has ruined Google Reader for me, because I go over there and keep hitting Z to move to the next post and nothing happens.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions
me too
also whatever you do, do not leave to get beer or food or to go to the bathroom during a game you get stuck in z button hell
I going to be a little more prepared tonight
whether my wife likes it or not there will be a small cooler in the living room
A "mark all as read" option would be greatly appreciated
I literally found myself holding down the z key at times yesterday, just to get caught up
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I'm going to the game.
Section: I'm going to kill you all
Row: Die.
Seat: None of you will be alive tomorrow morning.
If you can't tell, I'm pretty mad.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
by Coach Owens on Apr 1, 2008 1:40 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
Hmmmph. Maybe if you guys didn't make
fun of me and what I say on here, all the time.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
your parents don't, own a gun d,o they,
Fixed your post.
I put that comma there to
distinguish it so you guys know that I'm saying that you make fun of me all the time, not that I comment all the time.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Man up, boy.
Stop being such a wimp.
BTW - Man up doesn't mean throw out random insults and threaten people. That's just douchey.
We make fun of you because you're funny
trust me, you'd much rather be you than AK.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
we're totally going to make Coach
join (or start) one of these terrifying trench coat mafia things
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by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 1, 2008 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I blame the video games.
That's the popular thing to blame the troubles of our youth on now, right?
Yeah
Coach played way too much Social Outcast 64 in his formative years.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
You're not going to make it far in life
with this kind of attitude.
The poster formerly known as Matt.
You're just afraid we're all 40 year old rapists.
Which is weird because you've met us before.
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No, that's too hard.
I mean there's forty of them, how could I possibly get to all of them?
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 1, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions 8 recs
Ehhhh then they'll be past their prime...
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They will be once Brett's finished
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well...
Now that Bedard's been officially Jim Joyce'd, I guess it's appropriate that Graham's been Brett Miller'd...
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It's from the Something Awful "Let's play Baseball Mogul" thing.
The guy kept making Ozzie Guillen say stuff like that.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
You guys are all like "Hey, we're losers! Let's just
randomly make fun of people! We don't have a conscience!"
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
That's what I say to myself when I wake up every morning
It is delicious. Like a delicious duck.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck that
I'm too awesome to be nice to everyone.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions
People shouldn't expect the world to be nice to them.
The world is mean. Get used to it.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
plenty of reasons....
For instance, I don't like the refs, but I'm nice to them and joke with them in the hopes that it effects their performance.
I'm not rude to people who can do bad things to me
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
You're not rude
Hilariously bellicose about random things, but not rude.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
A more observant person
would note the kinds of people to whom we're mean, and the kinds of people to whom we're not.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, you're not mean
to people who stay relatively on topic, love beer/wine/alcohol, and swear all the time. Like I'm really going to join that group.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
You forgot smoking
we're not mean to people who like smoking.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Those orphans are always looking for handouts
get a job you crazy kids
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Jonathan Swift has some good ideas RE: Orphans
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm for whatever is delicious.
Signatures are for Communists.
by JI on Apr 1, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, and people who joke in the interwebs
it's all fun, relax man
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
He hasn't been "mean" to me.
Maybe it has something to do with how you take shit from other people.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I accidentally put a w instead of an e on the end of Because. I'm sure Mr. Perfect never makes mistakes.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
We all make mistakes
It's this wonderful key called backspace that gives us a hand sometimes
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Coach, Jeff's made fun of my spelling and failures
numerous times. You have to realize that it's not personal.
Woohoo!
Jeff goes suicidal = M's win the pennant!
I'm replying to some comment
way up there... like 6 or 8 comments above... I can't even tell you which comment I'm replying to at this point... and you'll never know! But it could (or could NOT) have something to do with coach.
Coach is the master of hyper sensitivity.
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Well, yeah.
You can pretend to like them if they're potentially useful.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't ask questions unless you know what the answer is going to be.
On that note, yes, you are a moron.
Nah he probably just has Asperger's
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 1, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
That depends.
Has anyone else here failed 1st grade as many times as you have?
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
You need more of these
and less of the sensitive poet posts. Then people will leave you be.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I fell like this should have
60s Batman style sound effects.
POST!
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Is it bad to fail more than twice?
If so...shit...
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that's what beer does to you i guess
the evil of it
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, are you finally realizing that
you have a record that you're not supposed to be proud of?
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
again, more of these
and less of the Morrissey/emoboy posts, and you'll be fine.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions
But see the thing is, I'm usually not mean.
I'm actually nice to most people.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
this is the great thing about the internets
most of us will never meet you, so you can be as mean to us as you want. Go ahead, you know you want to embrace your darker nature.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
He did
that's what prompted the whole exchange
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes Brett, we all know what you are
in life. You don't need to point it out.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
You think we're serious?
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
We're all joking about it.
That's the thing.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Hahahaha
Coach trying to be funny is so cute. :)
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Death threats?
I could beat the shit out of Coach without even doing it.
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I really hope this deathmatch
winds up on MLB.tv
Oh, and Coach, if you're still here
we're a whole hell of a lot nicer than the HH crowd. And we spell better.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm fucking the man.
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by BrettJMiller on Apr 1, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
that's what the man said
while Brett was doing his thing.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
you should be king of a country that exists.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Not since I was Coach's age
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
If we weren't joking about it
And wanted to be this straightforward dick to you all the time, why would we suddenly deny it?
it must be because WE ACTUALLY ARE JOKING
lighten up yo
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
Actually I really do hate French Canadians
Mainly because they horde so many beautiful women up in Quebec
So be stoic about it.
In life there's pressure, and if you let it build up too fast, it'll blow prematurely.
I should probably stop killing all my brain cells with alcohol
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
That would be a good start, moron
perhaps I should try insulting Coach and not someone who can ban me
BECAUSE
YOU TAXED, US, AND THEN WE HAD TO THROW LOTS OF PERFECTLY, GOOD, TEA, IN BOSTON HARBOR
God forbid you foot some of the bill
We did kinda save you from Canada.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw the Declaration of Independence,
Constitution, and Bill of Rights this weekend. It was cool.
pass the fat chicks here
cuz they need loving too
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Perish the thought.
without alcohol life's like living in...uh...Milton Keynes, to put it in a context you can relate to.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
No good can come of that.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Who HASN'T lived in Milton Keynes?
If you know what I'm saying.
rawr
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I apologize
I made a joke before finding out that Milton Keynes is a place and not a teetotaler.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions
A shitty hellhole of a place
also my hometown
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, I honestly had no idea
or I would have gone with Burnley.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
didn't they win a trophy this weekend?
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
If you didn't control my fate here
this post would be filled with needless invective. And badly spelled invective, at that.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm rubber you're glue
what you say bounces off me and sticks to you
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
It took me 25 minutes to get that joke
Which is pretty terrible given that I'm the one who referenced it earlier...
Why be someone I'm not?
I find if people are put off by my attitude we generally don't continue to talk on a daily basis.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you saying that I don't have a conscience
Because I made a joke about someone fucking his retarded sister and hanging himself? Well shit, guess I don't have a conscience then.
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Go figure, huh?
I guess we all have our own problems
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
tell that to all those goddamn emo kids
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
that's not a joke
that was my childhood, and I'm still pretty sensitive about it. As if you couldn't tell, the hanging didn't succeed, and now I've got this stupid rope scar on my neck.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
this thread needs more beer
I feel like a rochefort 8 for lunch today.
Wow
That escalated fast, I mean it really got out of hand
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
You should find a safe house
lay low for a while.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ya know Graham I've been meaning to talk to you about that...
You should probably lay low for awhile. Find a relative's or a safe house or something because you're probably wanted for murder.
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you're better than me at quotes
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
There's still time
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
There's more of us than there are of you.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
True
and if you all have Graham, i'm fucked
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
He's the leader
with Graham at the front, there's almost a guarantee of no physical violence, as by the time he's been haranguing you for 10 minutes, you'll be crying harder than Coach is right now.
(NOTE TO COACH: 'Twas a joke)
(NOTE TO GRAHAM: 'Twas a compliment)
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Osama Bin Laden is reportedly an Arsenal fan.
Start with him, then work your way up the list.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I have an impossibly good memory for these kinds of things.
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But this is a game
just not a baseball game.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
and he needs to smoke some weed
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
I need to see Coach high before I die.
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it'll be good for a laugh when you come back
either that or you'll ban all of us and force us to come back with different user names.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up reply actions
This is like an episode of
"To Catch a Predator", isn't it?
You leave the thread and Chris Hansen comes in with a plate of cookies.
Grab a towel
Want to explain what you're doing here?
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Just once, I want to see one of them win.
Like pounce on that pompous asshole and rape him before the cops can get to him.
He's a bit old for their taste
with his body hair and teeth
by ningwers on Apr 1, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Bit of a hijack here Lookout Landers...
but I'm in an AL-Only keeper league, pretty thin around the edges... should I consider picking up Mark Lowe... he looked pretty sick last night.
Rangers Fan
-tdi1985
Troy I.
He's a huge health risk
But if he's healthy he'll be awesome.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Tonight was a fluke.
He was hurt all last year, and this year doesn't look so good.
Look for Chris Reitsma to get picked up by someone, though.
Is this the first baseball related comment
in this thread?
There were balls elsewhere in the thread.
Does that count?
Here I was worried about bringing up
fantasy baseball....
Good game last night, gave us a chance to see which reliever is getting dumped on the 12th when we bring in the 5th starter.
Troy I.
This post contained
neither a reference to beer, a slagging of Coach, nor a thinly veiled sexual metaphor. Therefore, FAIL.
But I'd look elsewhere for talent, if I were you - Lowe's frail. Very frail.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Your mom had no complaints.
ZING
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions
so's your mom...
...oh, never mind.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
So impressive in fact
that i've filed it away for my own future use.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions
glad to be of service
almost as glad as you are every friday night on the ave.
frat boys have lots of disposable cash
and a dude's gotta pay the rent.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
lol...
made the rangers batters look pretty silly... and the m's announcers (watching on mlb.tv) were sort of blowing their load for him.
Troy I.
Thanks for joining us
and using a not so thinly veiled sexual metaphor. Before this, your comments didn't really fit.
Lowe is a great pickup
because you can dump him when he gets hurt for another hot-hand reliever. While he's healthy he should pile up Ks and Holds.
welcome to LL.
you're one of us, now.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Run away tdi1985. Run like you've
never run before. I'm warning you. These guys are pure evil.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
why are you still here then?
DOV would love you
Graham's only 92% evil
the other 8% is misanthropy.
Points for a big word that Coach probably doesn't understand.
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and yet you keep coming back
Face it, you like it here.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
It's all in how you present yourself.
I don't have a problem with tdi
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I thought jetsons-esque flying cars were the future
why did the future lie to me when i was a kid?
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
m's announcers blow their load for $2 french fries
I wouldn't pay them any mind.
Imagine what they'd do
if Bloomquist delivered the rally fries. They'd be mopping out the broadcast booth for days.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes. But jokes about death need to have a buildup
And they need to be funny.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
When I'm 30, have a great job, a family
and a good life and you're homeless. Yes, yes, that will be funny.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
I'll check back when you're 30
and see if you still define "great job" as "shift supervisor at Arby's".
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
If by "Shift supervisor at Arby's" you mean
"Dictator of the World" then yes.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Swinging or looking?
he's usually a pretty tough out.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ah, the optimism of youth
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Not such a great job
With your enemies constantly plotting against you and all....
So says the guy who's high school GPA is like 2.1
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Well if you haven't charged before, you can't start now.
Or at least you would have to start low.
I'd like to think I can charge based on experience.
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Just go find a grapefruit and some porn
and figure it out
by Corco on Apr 1, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks for keeping the typo.
I guess it wouldn't be a quote w/o.
not when it's fresh out of the oven it's not.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You woldn't understand.
It's an American thing. They're crazy here.
Just wait until he tastes it for the first time.
I'm predicting a revelation.
And you wonder why people make fun of you.
My 7 yr old brother says stuff like this.
I remember making jokes like this in Second Grade.
After I failed first grade a record seventeen times.
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Well, he was throwing 96 yesterday
And he didn't hurt himself, so you never know. He was great a couple years ago before he threw out his arm, I was surprised he had that kind of velocity but there's no telling if he can stay healthy.
No, that's how Rick rolls.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
come for the hijacks
stay for the beer threads.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
your biography is a comic book?
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
I like this.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Good assassins don't announce
they kill, they move on.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:05 PM PDT up reply actions
DEATH THREAT
Oh wait. No, never mind, they don't count when they come from Coach.
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I'd be on the lookout from now on if I were you.
Watch out, I'm coming. And you never know when...
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
I'm pretty sure you'd post a diary about it
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
That'll show him.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I have him in a AL/NL league...
But I like having one great non-closer reliever for Ks, low ERA, and to eat innings.
I have never seen this before.
It is made of pure awesome. Thank you, Red.
I've got four cronies coming with me today.
All four are bigger then me.
We are going to top this video.
Be scared, Coach.
Are they as coordinated as you?
Because it would be pretty funny to see them attempting to hit Coach and knocking each other out.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
As impossible as it may seem
They actually are more coordinated than me.
I'll be knocking myself out but they'll kick his ass.
Hey, who are all those losers in the background?
Oh wait, they're just you guys.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Who's the one in the fucking headlock?
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Hey, at least I was nice enough
to let Red put me in a headlock. I could have just kept ignoring you guys.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
6.5/10
you're getting there. Now mix in some random vulgarity and you'll be OK.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
But consider where he came from
if I were Coach I'd be happy with a D. That's a fightin' D.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Based on what you've told me your High School GPA is
I don't think you're one to talk.
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You're not exactly
Einstein yourself. Besides, my grades are already improving.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Yeah, but you actually care.
And you're trying to get into a *giggle* good college.
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Did you really just giggle?
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn I hope that doesn't mean I'm gay.
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Why?
Younger people move faster than old people. If you're homeless and 225, that means you get the best spots.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Where at that college
You'll discover the masses of people that are able to become shitfaced every weekend, and still manage a 3.7 GPA
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
If it doesn't have greek letters, it's not real mathmatics
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Really? That's why the Romans
were one of the most powerful Empires of all time?
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Look where it got them.
They're all dead now. That's what you get for inventing numbers that are only used for Super Bowls and movie trademark dates.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
well, every empire had its good points
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Just like Alexander the Halfback.
Oh shut up, I know that was a bad joke.
by BrianL on Apr 1, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Because they invented numerals?
From now on,
g=1 x=2 v=3 r=4 q=5 u=6 j=7 k=8 m=9 z=0
I just invented some numerals. Now I'm going to go take over Siam
Coach Owens:
World War 2, Civil War, Iraq war, any war with guns have all had lazy soldiers. He said this to me, I kid you not.
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It makes sense
I just don't know what context it could apply to
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Try being in 2nd/3rd century China
and having to carry a 100+ lb halberd, spear or sword around.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
What the fuck were those halberds made of
Neutron stars?
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
The Scottish Canoe Association?
Boats are too lazy for Coach
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not if you carry them
You try swinging a boat hard enough to kill someone in 2nd century China
by OlSalty on Apr 1, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs
This thread has some great moments,
but this made me laugh so hard I started choking.
Soldiers carry many, many, many pounds of equipment in their backpacks today.
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But they don't run everywhere.
And they don't have to swing them with enough force to kill somebody.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
Yes, those trucks were such a huge factor
in the Union winning the Civil War
That's not being lazy
That's getting an edge
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry to break it to you
But people used animals for transport in wars starting before 1861.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
so in a mechanized age
troops should all walk everywhere? That's....dumb.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
this is the army as Coach will command it when he becomes dictator of the world
I can see them being very sucessful
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
You wanna beef
I got my hip hop crew to back my ass up son
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
That doesn't back you up, it has the opposite effect.
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
I'm looking forward to getting assassinated
By a guy running at me, carrying a 100lb sword.
I think I'll buy a gun.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe this explains Raul
He's such a veteran he's been playing with his old 100 lb weaponry.
We're finally going to learn the answer to the age old question
What would happen if forty million troops with spears met a single division of well equipped troops
He's the dictator of the world
it can't be that hard unless he has everyone assassinated via 100 lb + spear blows to the head.
Or fear you
And uhh....good luck with either of those.
when you start comparing yourself
to Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro, you may want to take a step back and reevaluate your argument.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
in their defense
they had awesome facial hair. In fact, it's a dictatorship prerequisite.
then coach fails
He can't grow facial hair
by Corco on Apr 1, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
As opposed to all those nice ones?
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I preferred Jermaine.
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
at least, the people who pronounce
bigot wrong do.
actually, I'm fairly sure most distactorships
have not been founded on niceness.
you're such a stickler for detail.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I've always dreamed about this
Going back in time to the revolutionary war with automatic weapons, sniper rifles, and just ONE tank
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to be too political
but I think we learned from Iran's human waves that you can stop tanks with enough bodies.
I'd go with just the sniper rifle
and as much ammo as possible. Maybe an ak-47 or two as well.
Sniper Rifles are the definition of awesome though.
Totally
Way out of range of a musket just picking off Officers and Commanders, while completly hidden
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
actually, I'd rather have the same equip
but go further back in the past. It would be ridiculously easy to be king with firearms.
Plus you could probably get them you call you something awesome
"King Matthew the Thunderstick"
Heh heh heh PENIS
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd rather have some ominous name
Ivan the Terrible is my hero. How do you fuck with that name?
How do you think I became the King of Siam?
18 F-16s and some guys with Barrett .50 cals, bitch!
Or
Trucks can move faster than soldiers on foot?
Allowing them to mobilize faster?
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
we're spoiling our troops
by giving them trucks. From now on, it's Segways or on foot.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
A war fought on segways....
Thanks. You made me giggle. Would they at least get helmets?
No, but they'll get Gob Bluth-style bags
to put their stuff in.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Might as well
through in some ladder trucks for some diversity then.
that'd be an unstoppable army.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions
On an unrelated note
there were lots of people touring DC on Segways this weekend.
Words cannot describe how dorky they looked.
Was visiting a friend
It cost me the vacation I was supposed to use to go to San Antonio this weekend for the Final Four =(
Ahhh...DC rocks.
Great city when you're young. Did you go to Adams Morgan? That's my kinda place man.
No....
everyone was recommending it and I didn't get the chance. That's for my next trip, if I ever forgive the airlines for sucking.
And I figured of all people, you would sympathize with me missing the Final Four for this trip =(
Yeah this Final Four should be awesome...
But I went to school in DC, just really like the city. Did you go out?
Yeah, just to some bars around my friends place though
It was my first time there, and I hadn't seen my friend in like ten months, so it was more of a "touristy stuff and random drinking" trip than anything else.
Oh and from what I saw
I loved the city. I would go back in a heartbeat.
But I also really love SD
I'm failing with these replies to myself.
Ouch... accused of sucking up to the LL dictator
Now I know what rock bottom feels like
Jeff's not evil though
there I go, sucking up to Jeff again...
he dosen't believe they exist
or in useing them? he'll have to fake the hair
DC is a great place for touristy stuff at least haha
And a lot of good bars. Just depends on where you went out. Hopefully nowhere dangerous, cause there is a ton of places like that in DC. And watch you bum in Dupont hahaha
we have cops on segways here
also on bicycles, on foot, in patrol cars, motorcycles and horseback (seriously). SPD has too much money.
When I was in Paris last summer
there was a tour operator right by my hotel that offered Segway tours of Paris. We asked the bartender in our hotel how to say "douchebag" in french but apparently there's no direct translation, so we couldn't talk to the segwayers. Shame.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
It's pretty telling
that the coolest people I met in Paris were Italians and Australians. The rest of France was fantastic, it's just the Parisians that I have issues with.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Definitely.
and there's some amazing food to be had in Paris, as well. Too bad about the citizens.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I've met tons of cool New Yorkers
Every time I've been to NYC I've met really cool natives. Maybe I've just been lucky.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Never even felt vaguely threatened
and i spent most of the summer of 2002 and early 2003 there.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Only Yankee game I went to
My girlfriend at the time ended up having to go to the hospital and I got locked outside the hospital in the Bronx at 2 am because I wasn't related to her. I should have said brother, but I was young. That was probably the most terrifying night of my life.
Well they did,
But I tried to sneak past the guard. They didn't like that much. The girlfriend was passed out on a gurney in the ER waiting room that was almost overflowing. People with broken arms calmly sat in seats, waiting for attention. Being passed out, she couldn't provide insurance info, so I was trying to get to the doctors to give them that info. The guards didn't think my cause was worthy enough.
Romans were lazy
Getting over the English Channel in ships? Those bums should swim.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm going to take a weird route here
and agree with Coach.
I might be pregaming too hard for this game, but I feel like he's on to something
Replied to the wrong thing.
Meant to reply to the greeks were cowards thing.
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Once you take calculus in high school
You'll begin to understand.
Linear algebra's where it's at
But only because I don't understand tensor calculus
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Are we really having a math argument?
COME ON, IT'S BASEBALL. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TELLS ME WHAT TO DO, NOT LISTENING TO SOME GEEKY COMPUTER NERD!
I wanna be a derivative
so I can lay tangent to your curves
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
No worries
Ozzie Guillen doesn't come around here much faggot
GUYS STOP BEING MEAN TO ME
I KNOW THIS IS THE INTERNET BUT YOU GUYS ARE BEING SERIOUS
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
My feelings on calculus
I wish I could integrate fire in relation to Newton and all following innovators.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
Graham says:
it just seems overly mean
I never thought this day would come. I'm beaming with pride right now.
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After this Jeff may take away the internet entirely.
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by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
He's got no choice
We have 4 hours to the first pitch, and last night was capped at 700/thread
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 3:20 PM PDT reply actions
You have to admit, this thread is amazing
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Lots of comments
I must have missed the game?
Over three hours away?
No way.
Yes way. Shibby.
Anyway now my monologue is finished, do I stay up from 3 til 6 to watch this or sleep now and watch it at a sensible time?
What time is tonight's game anyway? 7:10?
I have softball at 6:00 and I'm hoping I can get to the bar in time to see the game.
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
yeah, I'm out soon too
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Nah
Probably around 1000 per game when things settle down, like last year.
I doubt it
This new thing just screams for faster, longer threads
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I won't be around too many gamethreads
I like these pregame threads better. Plus, for a while games start at 4 am for me.
This thread is too off topic
I am going to go get my daily baseball fix at Halo's Heaven. BRB.
PANTHER!
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Apr 1, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Why HH? That place is made of so much fail
At least go to Athletics Nation or Lonestar Ball, they aren't quite as stupid.
Because Angels fans have class
unlike all the other fans in the world. I know because they said so.
I say I don't smoke crack.
Do you believe me?
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
No respect I tell ya! No respect.
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
My wife told me the other night she wanted to have sex in the car
and she wanted me to drive.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
How about Road Head
Always been a goal of mine, I've gotten it in a car, but never driving :(
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions
eh.
I find it difficult to get off while driving cause I'm too worried about crashing. I always pull over. But don't pull-out. Heh heh, alright.
It's sporta like the eifle tower for me
One of those things I want to do just to be able to say I've done it, not something I'll necessarily get off too
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You're really going to feel bad when you realize
that you spelled Eiffel wrong too.
SHIIIIT
I'm usually good about using the proper form of to too
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
How much do I owe you for blowing my mind?
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Brett charges $50
So probably around that mark
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Not to mention wanting
to do the Eiffel tower. I think that might be frowned upon.
I wouldn't get off to it at all
There's really no way I would be able to finish, it's just I find the concept of it funny enough that I would do it simply for it's comedic value
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Without going into detail,
it is possible, and really not that tough to accomplish in the right vehicle (except for the obvious distraction while driving).
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
A big Army transport
but those are being banned once Coach takes over, because they create lazy troups
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
troops, fuck me
I'm having a rough 5 minute stretch here
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions
You want troops to fuck you?
Jesus dude, enough already
HA HA HA, your Grandpa's an ASS!- Tourette's Guy (R.I.P)
Nobody can win fuck
that would be one heck of a carnival.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2008 5:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I've heard they're doing away
with the red light district, or at least trying.
Amazing
Maybe I should just learn to spell instead...
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck
Firefox was supposed to squiggly line that for me... fuck you, internet browser spell check
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The Eiffel tower is awesome.
My friends and I walked up as much of it as you're allowed to, and one of my friends fell down one flight of stairs while drunk. Good times.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
It does have stairs, look it up. I walked up them.
Graham just tried to correct me, but it's on the tour website and I've got pictures somewhere.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
I can verify
I was up those same stairs last year. Although you can't go all the way to the top. Only about 2/5 the way.
We counted them off, something like 521 stairs or something.
Once you reach a certain point you have to take an elevator though.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
I know nothing about France, as it turns out
Apart from their naval history.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes
Because we all know that Europe is not in America
and my knee is my knee
my knee is not my butt
by mariners124m on Apr 1, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Wrong
That's only true for Ichiro. The rest of us poor souls have kneebutts.
avoid the rumblestrip
Signatures are for Communists.
by JI on Apr 1, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions
No respect at all I tells ya.
If you didn't get it, I was quoting Rodney Dangerfield.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
I got it. I was just glad you understood MY reference!
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
This thread should be retitled
and placed in the LL HOF next to the trade deadline thread.
Signatures are for Communists.
now there's something that's never been done
and wont until search is restored.
I now see what I've been missing with gamethreads.
If only my computer and TV were in the same room.
We don't negotiate with terrorists.
Yeah, it's been a quiet day.
Hopefully it'll pick up once the King takes the hill.
The actual game thread goes up at 6
I don't look forward to seeing what happens here during my drive home.
I'll be sure to create an accident on the 15/163/8/5/56/78
to give us more time for mayhem.
800+ comments 2:30 before first pitch?
Did ANYONE expect 2.0 would do this (except Graham)?
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby
we always got long threads
when coach stopped taking his anti-depressents and started posting randomly.
Suppose you're right
But still... This would be getting a thread part 2 right about now on 1.0 -- yeah? Don't recall that happening this early before.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby
You guys suck!
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
by Coach Owens on Apr 1, 2008 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Liar.
Don't cover up for the stupid shit you say by saying it was all a joke.
Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.
Uhm, it's true. The thread was lagging
and people kept commenting on how many comments there were, so I wanted to make the tread alive again.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
You haven't dispatched the halbardiers yet, huh?
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
i just did a quick google search to see who was right
and this scared me
Well, when you think about it
There's a lot less heavy steel in a halberd or spear versus a sword or mace, so it makes sense for it to not weigh all that much.
Coach will glue 5 of those together and then attack
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Or assassination attempts against me
NB: Please do not try to assassinate if you are planning on using weapons that actually exist.
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I used to Amtgard.
I was trying to get into this goth girl's panties, and figuring being a 6th level druid would help.
I found out there are a subset of jocks in that group that only care about fighting as hard as possible, and trying to hurt your opponent. I soon forgot about the girl in place of the sport.
I know, I know. Lay it on me.
From Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
"for Guan Yu they fashioned a long-handled, curve blade called Green-Dragon Saber, which weighed a full one hundred pounds"
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
I wonder how seriously he takes the Iliad
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Seems unlikely that the pound
was a common unit of measurement at the time and place you're describing.
And equally unlikely that the author correctly translated the unit of measure and came up with exactly 100 lbs after doing the math.
It actually was. Taken mostly from
Records of the Three Kingdoms, written by Chen Shou who was alive during that time.
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
"Myths from the Three Kingdoms period existed as oral traditions before any written compilations. In these popular stories, the characters typically took on exaggerated characteristics, often becoming immortals or supernatural beings with magical powers."
"Luo Guanzhong also included material from Tang Dynasty poetic works, Yuan Dynasty operas and his own personal interpretation of elements such as virtue and legitimacy."
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2008 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, what about:
" and for Zhang Fei they created a ten-foot spear called Serpent Halberd."
Curse you, Detroit Lions!
I'm off to get a beer and watch Felix Rock!
Have fun melting the server!
The user formerly known as Sec 108.
Have fun!
I'm off to softball, then blazing to the bar as soon as my game is done for beer and Felix. Win or lose, I just hope my game is over quickly!
Fun Fact: Angels third baseman Chone Figgins' first name is actually pronounced "Shawn." And his last name is actually pronounced "Weinberg" (it's a silent "Figgins").
So.....baseball......
Anyone watching Yankees/Bluejays?
God I hate Melky Cabrera
He "robs" a guy of a routine flyball and the crowd gives him a standing O, STFU.
RAGHHH
OK so I didn't intend to watch this game, but I just came back from the pub and now I am horny for some baseball.
GIVE ME FELIX.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
The funny thing about Bonser is
When he's doing well, the crowd says "Booooooooooof"
And when he's pitching like he normally does, the crowd says "Booooooooooooo"
So you can see how he might get confused.
Oh man this thread is breaking my PC under the strain.
And to think, I could have chosen to support the Yankees or Red Sox...
by EnglishMariner on Apr 1, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Yankees are fucking lucky
the wind is blowing to right.
load time for this thread
was nearly 6 minutes.
the new platform does not cope with large # of comments well
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