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And after Richie tried

SO DAMN HARD to carry this offense like he’s supposed to. What a miserable ending

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 9:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Dagger to the fucking heart

at least Richie has redeemed himself? contract extension if he could play defense

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Apr 18, 2008 9:34 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

yeah i know

I’m just getting mushy on him after a fabulous game

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Apr 18, 2008 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No extension, but

He’s making better contact lately than he has been.

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh

God dammit, what a cockpunch.

by okdan on Apr 18, 2008 9:36 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

nope

I don’t think anything could cheer me up right now… I need more breakable objects in my house

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on Apr 18, 2008 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Worst Part:

Is that, and I mentioned it a few times along, this just felt like a game we were going to win. I had some sort of weird confidence throughout.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 9:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

me too

and we were going to get make all those K-Rod can’t handle the pressure cracks.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I felt the confidence too

but I lost it by the time we got to the ninth

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm now going to walk naked into the snow

and let nature kill me.

Fuck you, Hunter.

by BrianL on Apr 18, 2008 9:43 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

3 doubles and that catch

I will provide an alibi to anyone who physically harms torii hunter

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 9:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

And 4 doubles, if not for

the awesomeness of Adrian Beltré

by redwolf75 on Apr 18, 2008 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Could you delete "Kill Me"?

I don’t think this game deserves any recognition at all. It didn’t happen, other than the new record.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 9:46 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

He probably has to post something.

Felix Hernandez may be The King, but Justin Upton is a GOD.

GTE of the week:

"SEXSON WANTS TO TASTE THE MOTHERFUCKING CURB"

~Jordan of Boise

by Goose on Apr 18, 2008 9:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are we SURE Roy Corcoran isn't related to DJC???

Tractorhouse.com is his favorite web site.

Got to be cousins or something…

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Apr 18, 2008 9:50 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

With all the luck the Angels get

Aren’t they due for a 110-loss season? :|

by ThundaPC on Apr 18, 2008 9:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

It's not a serious question.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I didn't realize asking a question was taking things seriously

it was a question. One question, with no ‘tone’ or attitude to it. What’s with this overtly defensive stance? One, 5 word question. Not loaded. A point of curiosity. No one took anything seriously.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

not answering a legitimately curious question, and instead slandering the questioner is essentially the definition of defensive.

At least I know how outsiders are treated around here…if they dare show any curiosity at all, just bomb the hell out of them. Bang up job, hospitality crew.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've blogged more than enough

to know when I’m “defeated.” All I wanted to know, without any snide connotation, or ill-will, what he legitimately meant. That’s it. I don’t generally take shit seriously, but I just wanted an answer from the party I addressed. Nothing more, nothing less.

My version of not taking shit seriously is just not talking to someone to begin with if I had no reason to reply to them. Obviously, your approach is more…abrasive. Cheers, sailor.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I WANT MY BAG BACK YOU THIEF!

i was wondering where that went.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 18, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

there is a sign outside your house saying Dead Baby Storage.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

More of this, less of that

and you’ll do great here.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 18, 2008 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We gently caressed them gooooooood.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh fuck yeah

unnnnghghhhghh….. too far?

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Surprise sex with babies?

You fucking repulse me.

...

What happened to consent?

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No one here speaks Kenyan.

We just have to assume that crying means “Yes”

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

did somebody say we were hospitable?

You’ve been talking to Coach, haven’t you?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 18, 2008 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually, I'll elaborate:

We’re not actually mean to people unless they spell poorly, which you’re not doing. You’re fine.

What we do is never actually answer any question seriously ever. That’s what we mean by don’t take things seriously. We don’t answer anyone’s question, regardless of intent. We made random statements that are unrelated to the query.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Congrats

If you had answered the question, I would have stopped. None of you are even the target of my question, so maybe you should care less about what I’m asking, eh?

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

See comment below.

As it addresses this exact thing, actually.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's called "busting your balls"

and if you can’t play the game, don’t complain about the rules. Lighten up, dude.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 18, 2008 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're coming here after a tough loss as a fan of

the opposing team. Your joining just now is suspicious enough as it is. And you come and ask a smartass question of a comment clearly not terribly serious. What reaction were you expecting?

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You and Eyebrows renew my faith in people.

Except when you talk about Torii Hunter in the Game threads. Then there’s some cussing out that needs to happen.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like I said in the thread, I'm not immune to GTE either.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But you have the strength to deal with the abuse.

I commend you sir, I commend you.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Optimist's a poser!

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum

by PositivePaul on Apr 18, 2008 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I can understand

If I were on an Angels board, it’d be hard for me to hold back.

by JLC on Apr 18, 2008 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah you rock dude

Its awesome that someone brings the other side to the table… knowing we’d probably fucking throw you to the lions no matter what you said

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Smartass?

Really? I didn’t know you were an expert on intention. Read my question again, why not? Five words. Five…to address a curious comment on a blog that, regardless of my join date, I have read almost daily. No, the 110 loss comment obviously wasn’t serious. But given the beliefs of baseball fans in general (believe me, I’ve been a an long enough to insist that certain teams I hate just are ‘lucky’), I can see how the ‘lucky’ part might be true. Some people, despite your apparently jaded existence, are capable of asking questions without trying to be a dick. Which is what you should perhaps consider as a possibility rather than assuming the worst of someone based on a whole five words.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The more you dig...

...the deeper the hole gets. Really, lighten up and this will all stop.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 18, 2008 10:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dude

There are comments here that are obvious jokes meant to dig at me…and then there are comments like his that he tries to justify that clearly are serious.

I love playing behind the ‘just joking’ card, too. But some, such as the person directly replied to, clearly ain’t on the same ‘joking’ page as you.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Explanation in full

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have no idea what the hell GTE means

but it would be nice if someone had just let me in on this huge retard-o fest of moron jokesters BEFORE this started, and not after.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try the veal.

It’s made of real baby cow.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crash course

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

man... come on

if we came on to HH, we would get way more than the same thing… NO one hates you… you’re just an angels fan… com one

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I assure you I would

and if I look for like 5 seconds I willl find as such

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes you basically beat me to that

you can find any post by TheOptimist or Eyebrows and we’re not that harsh on Angels fans… who dont flame us in the same way that we dont flame you guys… it just depends on the time… if you come say something at exactly the same time we lose… we’re gonna be mad…. same as you….

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My natural inclination

personally, anyway, is to ignore Mariners fans that post on HH entirely…until mob mentality builds up, at which point I become as much a sucker as anyone.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah it really is the LCD posting over there

We’re not that bad over here… save for some insane emotion that you I’m sure certainly have at the same times that we do (end of games, when we make stupid trades, etc…)

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And spelling errors.

Grammar and spelling errors, especially a lack of capitalization, gets you attacked.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

but I wont... in anticipation

so you can look for yourself… We’ll be friendly if you are, but if not… we’re ruthless

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I believe Englishmariner would disagree

He managed to start a whole new meme with 3 words.

It’s an artform, really.

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

GTE dude

It was not a serious statement.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The internet's a bitch, ain't it.

If you’re looking so hard for validation, I’d suggest turning to more constructive pursuits.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 18, 2008 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can be a smartass in 5 words just as good as 5 paragraphs

I’m sure you can too. And by that question you are clearly trying to start an argument over whether the Angels have been lucky so far this season or not with fans of the opposing team, where else did you expect this line of questioning to go?

Judging by the Angels offensive output so far, and everything that same offense has done in the past, you can make a pretty good case for saying they’ve been pretty lucky thus far. Is that what you wanted to hear?

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really?

funny that you know my intentions better than another.

As I said already, I frequently grasp at straws to try to justify a hated team’s success as being a mere product of luck. I do it a lot…in fact, I do it constantly.

That being the case, I had a legitimate curiosity as to how that plays out for whoever the hell made the initial comment. Nothing more, nothing less.

And factoring in the addition of Torii Hunter, the maturation of Kendrick, Kotchman, and Napoli, and considering that they currently average 5.1 runs per game, which is less than last year, I’m not sure I buy that analysis, no.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

For the last time

Why must you take this seriously?

The M’s got embarrassed tonight, they lost in heart wrenching fashion, everybody here is on suicide watch, we’re still angry and need to lash out at something. Stop taking everything we say as if we actually mean it.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I stopped taking the rest of you seriously

but ‘OlSalty’ has proven himself an exception in that he clearly does think that I was trying to be a dick. Regardless of ‘GTE,’ I feel it fair that I give a rational context to my remarks so that he understands what I meant to not be a dick comment.

If I actually had meant to be a dick, I would have given it up already. The rest of you, I’ve gotten over…he, on the other hand, is as serious as I am, and any contrary insistences are just a lie.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was just trying to explain why people jumped on you

When we normally don’t. It is a pretty suspect question to be asking right after a loss, you have to understand that. If that wasn’t your intention, fine, no big whoop.

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be fair actually

99.9% of my internet life is spent being a dick, and that’s my fault. But given that no one here probably knew that in advance of my comment, and given that I was, for once in my life, actually serious, it was more than a little frustrating that I couldn’t get across that I wasn’t trying to be an asshole.

Boy who cried wolf.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

We've secretly been stalking you for the past 2 years.

Red is not your color. And your windows are open when you’re doing… that…

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure.

Some people like watching… some people like to be watched.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yo man

we accept anyone who is willing to talk baseball… I may be talking for people who dont agree with me but fuck it…

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Talking baseball with people who agree with you

gets tiring after a while.

I can only sit around and say “Jeff Weaver sucks” and have everyone else nod their head and say “yup, he sure does” so long before it gets old.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

try the same last two words

but with Jered in the front.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah but interseries talk...

talk a little shit… not saying felix is a flame or some shit like that… real analysis

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you drunk?

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait

did you just concede that Felix is a flamer?

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't matter

we are gay for Felix, it’s more practical that way.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

not at al…I’m saying if you come here you cant just say bullshit… you have to provide some evidence…

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You're reading what I write, but you aren't comprehending.

Even if you’re not trying to be a dick, you still look like someone coming here to pick at the wounds. Your responses haven’t done much to dissuade them from that notion. And as I said at the first, it was never a serious question, so why keep after it?

And before you start talking about hospitality, I’m apparently banned from HH and I’ve never posted there ONCE.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And you're an Angels fan

hahahaha

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I thought it was messed up too. :/

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's pretty funny

Rev’s really got the tinfoil hat on, banning traitors and whatnot.

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 10:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The sad part is

TO’s probably the coolest person I know.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey, you put up with the douchebag

Don’t bitch.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Apr 18, 2008 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I... wasn't? o_0

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think you misunderstood his comment.

It was positive. We like it. It complimented a member of our community.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was referring to Rev

Of course, now the whole banning of TO thing is in doubt.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Apr 18, 2008 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yep.

Any time I try to go there logged in or sign in there, I can’t. This happens on no other sbnation site.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Clearly not, I'm posting here aren't I?

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah... Im just trying to understand

you are an outsider obviously, but you are a baseball fan and are so far away from being some flamewar idiot…. I just dont understand how you are banned from anywhere…

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you try to civil

you will be labeled a flamewar idiot and banned regardless. I don’t see why that matters.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get what you're saying

I just disagree. I would assume I only look like a dick if one is jaded enough to assume the intentions of any outsider to always be bad. Clearly that is the case here, because I did nothing.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Also, I'm not in charge of the 'banning process'

so that’s a moot point entirely about hospitality.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, not really.

Only if we’re arguing why YOU’RE hospitable. It reflects poorly on HH’s.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no ones saying youre in charge of the bannings

its still bullshit that someone who comes over to have civil conversations is cast away

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But you did do something

“How have the Angels been lucky” is a loaded question when it’s posed to your competitors blog. The only “omg serious” response is “Mariners blogger A lists 10 plays that the Angels were lucky on” then “CKoD lists 10 plays the Mariners were lucky on” then it devolves into bickering.

It’s not a productive question, really it’s just trolling.

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you want to assume intentions

you’re free to do it.

It’s not a loaded question unless you want it to be. Read my response above for the context I asked the question in. It’s really just absurd for me to sit here being lectured to you about what I meant by the question, when I personally know I didn’t meant 1/100th the ill-will that you insist.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, I'm right.

As it says right in my sig, I’m a visitor and really always will be. But somehow I get along just fine.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So seriously

you’re an Angels fan, and banned from HH without a post?

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He definitely is an Angels fan.

And he can’t visit the site. I’ve seen it in person.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can think of no other explanation.

I cannot log in to HH. I can log in to LL, and any other sbnation blog. You can check my history. I have never posted on HH.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Does it actually say

“You have been banned from Halos Heaven” in the box where you could normally post comments?

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 10:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't even reach the site logged in.

Not logged in I can read everything just fine. If there’s another explanation I’d love to hear it.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So many jokes.

I’ll go with: “Your computer doesn’t want you to be associated with stupid.”

But I’m tired and off my game. Someone else can come up with a better one.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

doesn't look like you're banned to me

weird that you would have that issue.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was just checking

but I think we only have the ability to see if someone was banned in the last few weeks. If The Optimist is banned from HH, it’s been that way for a long time.

by Jeff on Apr 18, 2008 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I checked other banee's (?)

and when you inspect them, it still shows them as a member of that particular site and status: banned.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How peculiar

although I guess the important point here is that The Optimist isn’t really missing out on anything.

by Jeff on Apr 18, 2008 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

but at the same time if I was kicked out of my own fanbase I would be pissed… regardless

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

HH isn't his fanbase

6-4-2 or someplace like that would be.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh noes I got banned from DOV

(I haven’t been banned from DOV).

by Graham on Apr 18, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Rob's too pessimistic for

my tastes. :P You all I can understand having negative views of Halos players

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There are so many better places to read

HH may be the most active Angels blog, but it’s also easily the worst.

by Jeff on Apr 18, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

I’m banned from HH for calling Jon Garland’s mother a whore, and I’m reminded of that every time I visit in the comment box….

So if he doesn’t see that I don’t think he’s banned

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

hahahahaha

” You have been banned for calling John Garland’s mother a whore.”

(emph. mine)

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I haven't been around that long.

It may be a computer issue. If so, I apologize to the Rev for impugning his honor.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

consider yourself lucky i guess

but I will assume that HaloFan doesnt like subordination… and hate himm ore

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm sure Rev would love to have

send him an e-mail and get it sorted out.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's not a bad idea.

Though to be honest, I really don’t mind sticking around here. _

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't Flatter Yourself

You didn’t even join in order for me to ban you.

by Rev Halofan on Apr 18, 2008 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If there is even a 1/10000000th of truth to this

I swould say that there is no class here… else wise, I have no words

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nope, you're right.

I suck. Sorry.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

So after being informed that it was more likely

a computer problem, I spent 20 minutes fiddling with my internet settings and found out I was wrong again. So officially, my apologies to The Rev (and indirectly, to Casey’sKOD) for suggesting he banned me for no reason. My only defense is that before today I didn’t really care one way or the other. I am now reduced to once again not posting at HH by inclination rather than necessity.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

rock no

he’s still our antithesis, M’s still kick fucking ass

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

To be fair

You did try earlier. I sat behind you and watched, after all.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, but once I found it, the problem was stupidly

obvious, and I should have checked harder before I said something and got everybody fussed.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on Apr 18, 2008 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eh

Every team gets their share of luck, the Angels got lucky when that ball stayed in the park, but the Mariners got lucky with those multiple line drives right at Beltre/Yuni/Sexson

by OlSalty on Apr 18, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll handle this

1) GTE. I trust you have become familiar with the term

2) The perception (note: perception) is that the Angels tend to get an awful lot of breaks and weak hits when they play us. Being that the only time we really watch the Angels is when they play the Mariners, we don’t see all the times the luck evens out, so they just come off as being a lucky team

by Jeff on Apr 18, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Game Thread Emotion

It means when we are playing you gusy we get emotional… just like you do… come on

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 10:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A link was posted above

but long story short, GTE = Game Thread Emotion. During and immediately following games, people here tend to make really irrational comments and arguments for which, under LL law, they cannot be held responsible.

Ordinarily GTE only extends to 10 minutes following the final out, but considering the nature of the final out today, I’m granting an extension.

by Jeff on Apr 18, 2008 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

10 minutes?

Lord. My family has extended me a form of GTE that persists to this day for Doug Eddings in the ‘05 ALDS. I think I’ve been given a lifetime pass on that.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is where

I could make a REAL obvious dick comment, but will refrain for…equally obvious reasons.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still don't believe it happened

and I never doubted it would happen

//old man nostalgia trip

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Worst meltdown in Major League History.

10x more unlikely than the next greatest meltdown

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 18, 2008 11:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's no way they should have won games 4 or 5.

I think I’d enjoy that 100x more if it happened today now I know the sheer impossibility of it happening.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would have

back then, it was too movie-like.

Today, with my shattered psyche, I think I would ride on air for a solid decade in the afterglow.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There was not one point

where I thought the division was lost, or that the Yankees would win

although the Jim Leyritz game caused my dad to lose all hope.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And cancelled out and made up for

a million times over by 2002.

You guys understand that feeling, of course.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats more like it

but seriously… 2002 is really the only year you have to go on

lame

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

More than you got. :-P

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite part

is how, despite Donnie Moore he could never shut up about it, and how giddy it made him. I hope he gets Hudler’s job when he quits.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

no

not until he reached the broadcast booth

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

1986 is placed in a category with the other Boston playoff embarassments

We hope to collect on that debt this year.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:18 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well

I don’t expect you to relate to the emotions of a WS victory very well…but I assure you, it does.

Also, I’m a New York Giants fan so I’m sorta indestructibly happy with sports right now.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Resident Cardinals Fan here

Adam Wainwright A) loading the bases in game 7 of the LCS, and then B) somehow striking out Carlos Beltran was the greatest baseball moment ever. 1,000,000x better than having the Tigers handing us the World Series.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, instead of that

We got Game 6. Nothing can top the awesomeness that was that game.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

True

However we both have Player A to thank for a lot of things. I choose to forget this.

This is why when people don’t want to win if it means winning with Bonds I think “fuck that, my team won with Player Fucking A, it was rad.”

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

and the Adam Kennedy 3 HR barrage.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And the G.A. 3-run double

and the game two homer by Tim Salmon.

or overcoming the five run deficit in game 3 of the ALDS.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Franky's Game 2 outing

(3 innings, 9 outs, 25 pitches 22 strikes) was up there as well.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Honestly

that was just funny, because it shouldn’t have been physically possible. The second best moment of that series was Tim Salmon hitting the gamewinning 2-run shot in Game 2. Because say what you want about Eckstein or “Player A,” Tim had EARNED that shit.

What makes AK’s even better though, is realizing that the pitcher he did that to was a young Johan Santana.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is awesome.

I’d take Player A back in a heartbeat if it meant a WS title.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It seems that we have cooled the icy hearts of these angels fans

or have we warmed their cool hearts, or chilled their hot hearts

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would gladly erase Jurassic Park from history

if it meant I didn’t have to watch Jurassic Park 2 and 3.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

JP was the first PG-13 movie I got to see and I was happy to see it, but i mean

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey! Me too!

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

rock on dude

I was 8 and had an interest in paleontology and thats the only reason I got to see that movie… It fucking rocked tho… Neumannn got his eyes burnt the fuck out

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a youngest child.

My parents didn’t give a shit about what I watched. Pulp Fiction traumatized the shit out of me.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 18, 2008 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

you are lucky

my parents babied the shit out of me… JP was an extreme exception based on my career choice

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

thats fucking rad

not like i got beat or any shit like that, but it certainly wand encouraged

by thenatural on Apr 18, 2008 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

why the hell would you watch JP3

after the abortion of JP2?

JP is classic though. I’ll never understand why they didn’t just stick with the novel plot for JP2. It would have been infinitely better.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I thought it was the opposite of Star Trek

and the the odd numbered movies would be the good ones.

JP2 was the first movie I ever saw in my whole life that I hated with a burning passion.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ditto

until that hate was eclipsed by Contact.

by Matthew on Apr 18, 2008 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa????????????

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

oh nevermind

that movie blows

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Santana??? No shit.

The Yadier Molina homerun was less possible even less possible than So Taguchi taking Billy Wagner deep.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:36 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

When Aaron Heilman

is pitching, the word impossible has no place in the discussion.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aaron Heilman pitches

like Chuck Knoblauch throws to first base.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

*Not ture.

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm a Mets fan

in addition to being an Angels fan.

Heilman blows.

Hard.

Monica Lewinsky hard.

...

Too soon?

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I see you subscribe

to the Jay Leno book of comedy, as well. Good read, no?

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Check out the non-Putz part of our bullpen

HEILMAN PLZ

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good thing you guys

still have George Sherill.

Oh, wait.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:51 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

WEVE BEEN OVER THIS

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But WE haven't. :D

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Calm down dude

the Bedard trade has been working out awesome for you.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

[This is a classic LL meme]

(for more Classic LL memes check the LL HOF thread!)

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 18, 2008 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yadier got robbed of the NLCS MVP

IMO. Without him, you guys don’t win. Given that Jeff Weaver and Suppan managed to hold down the mets, I can only assume that you could have put a rusty pitching machine on the mound and given up the same number of runs. But you don’t score more without Molina.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, the third one was Johan.

And that was the one that took the lead.

But yeah. Johan’s first association in my memory is as the loser of game 5.

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Apr 18, 2008 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You poor bastard.

Bitterness breeds character.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 18, 2008 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm bitter about plenty

check out the guy in the white house sometime, or the NY Giants for the 5 years preceding now. Or the 10 years of the Angels preceding 2002.

And, of course, the bitterness that comes for no apparent reason whatsoever.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

In the words of Ben Folds

y’all don’t know what it’s like
bein’ male, middle class and white

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How true.

I mean, I’m upper-middle class. Worlds of difference.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 18, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I'm really slumming it in Grinnell,

what with all my Proust-reading, Andrew Bird-listening, scotch-drinking friends.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 18, 2008 11:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fine, I'll just take my "fake" degree

and go live under a bridge, trading what meager sociological advice I have for booze.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 18, 2008 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You think you guys are bitter?

I go to school in New Jersey.

Top that shit, bro.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Try going to a really good school

that nobody’s actually heard of, so they inaccurately pity you for going to what they think is some poedunk corn factory in Iowa—but I’m not bitter, no not all…I’M NOT BITTER, YOU HEAR ME!

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 18, 2008 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

11th in the country, motherfucker.

Tell me, does England have enough to throw together even a top five, yet?

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 19, 2008 12:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really? Because America seems

to have enough talent to fill 40 or so top universities. How unfortunate for you.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 19, 2008 12:10 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What?

Cal St. Fullerton doesn’t count?

Barry Bonds died for your sins.

by JI on Apr 19, 2008 12:13 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Start with the Ivies, that's 8.

Add in the top LACs, Stanford, Northwestern, University of Chicago, and the like, and that’s another 20 or so, and tack on the selective state schools, and you get to around 40 (come to think of it, probably much more).

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 19, 2008 12:16 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Population ratio

Population: 50/250 = 1/5
Universities: 2/6 = 1/3

Rule Britannia.

by Graham on Apr 19, 2008 12:24 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

6 schools in America

in less than 400 years.

2 schools in Britain in more than 1,000.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 19, 2008 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I have the exact opposite luck

I go to Rutgers. When I go back to the west coast (where I live), a lot of prospective employers ask me if it’s an Ivy league school because of its semi-snooty name, and the fact that everyone has heard of it. They seriously think it is…and I’ll be damned if I’m gonna be the one to correct them. Good to have morons think I go to a great school when it’s really just a ‘good’ one.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 18, 2008 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's so bad about that?

From what I hear, Hogwarts is extremely selective.

by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 19, 2008 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I get bored of conversations like:

Them: Cambridge?! You can do MAGIC?!
Me: Fuck off tossers.

by Graham on Apr 19, 2008 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

And you prefer conversations like

Them: Cambridge?! You can do biomechanics?!
Me: Fuck off tossers.

by Jeff on Apr 19, 2008 12:03 AM PDT up reply