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This 8-6-08 FanPost is absolutely Off-Topic

Chrisyoung_tiny by Gomez on Comment 411 comments

... as if there is any gray area between on topic and off topic.

Some of you are not big fans of the off-topic threads.  Look at it this way: given the 300+ comments in yesterday's thread alone, and the hundreds of comments in each of the previous threads, there's definitely a use and demand for the threads.  Don't sweat it.  The game and recap threads are still fun, and discussion's hardly curtailed.  If anything, these threads open the door for discussion on more topics.

And a late Happy Birthday for Two R's and Two L's! He'll be celebrating by... working 13 hours. Sounds like my birthdays :P

So anyway, go for it.

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I like the off-topic threads

there’s still the traditional LL weirdness going on here and we actually talk about baseball elsewhere

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 8:35 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey look at that.

Grand Theft Auto IV is coming to the PC this November.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 8:37 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't think it should be free for all.

Only select posters, and make the rest pay for it.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 8:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

NOLA would get in for free

everyone else pays cover though =(

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Damn straight.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Party all day and all night

that’s how we do it here at Lookout Landing!

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tags!

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 8:46 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Needs more poines and SDSU RHSP #37s

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Needs more cake.

We have a birthday today.
And I actually read that correctly this morning.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's Wednesday!

New Zero Punctuation in ten minutes!

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 8:53 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Wednesday is also new XKCD day.

I want them to come out with a new version of this movie for the awesome effects they could put into it, but at the same time I;m so very afraid they’ll ruin it for good.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 9:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

By the way, Ghostbusters 3 is going to be in videogame form.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eventually.

Activision dropped it so it’s in limbo

by Mariner John on Aug 6, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Someone will pick it up.

That’s too good of a marketing tool not to acquire.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Plus they’ve already gone so far with it (including demos and screenshots released to magazines).

From what I’ve seen it looks awesome.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What are you talking about?

Rape is never funny, unless you’re raping a clown.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 9:00 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Furry clown rape.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm watching the original series of Star Trek (in preparation for the movie, of course)

and, holy shit, there are some great episodes in the first season. There are some real stinkers, too, but so far I’ve come away impressed.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

May 2009

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Day game today!

I think that will at least somewhat curtail our off-topicness in this thread, no?

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 6, 2008 9:21 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

According to NOLA this thread needs more cake

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It does.

I hope it’s chocolate.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking mint chocolate chip ice cream

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How is that cake?

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mint chocolate chip ice cream cake...

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ice cream cake is ok as long as there isn't the decorative frosting on the top.

Because it gets all cold and congealed and nasty tasting.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I prefer the Baskin-Robbins style

Where there’s actual cake, not just ice cream. Then the icing goes atop the cake part.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Baskin Robbins Winter White Chocolate cake rules

My wife’s family gets one every year at Christmas (when you grow up in the desert, ice cream cake at Christmas isn’t really that insane), and it’s all kinds of awesome.

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

If I worked at BR

I would have been 450 lb before I knew what happened. I can’t really have ice cream in the house because I’ll generally hork the whole container down in one sitting.

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ice cream is dangerous for me as well.

I can’t stop eating the stuff.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's extremely dangerous when they tell you that you must sample every flavor.

It probably wasn’t the brightest decision of my teen years.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll get a little Haagen Daas container every now and then

but only one of those, and only every once in a while… because yes, then the whole container disappears in 1-2 sittings.

by Gomez on Aug 6, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Glad I'm the only one

Except replace Haggen Dazs with Ben and Jerry’s

by Mariner John on Aug 6, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or Coldstone.

Although that tends to disagree with me the next day. Might be too rich for me.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 6, 2008 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Do you have a hatred of it like I do of mayo?

I worked in food service as a teen and funnelling mayo from a big tub into those squeeze bottles has made it impossible for me to like mayo. Even the smell is awful.

by Jed MC on Aug 6, 2008 9:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, but I have a fear of walk-in freezers.

I am also an ice cream shop worker’s dream customer, because I know enough to not tell them just the flavor, but cone or cup, and what type of cone.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I won't eat mayo or sour cream at all

Can’t stand the taste or smell.

by Gomez on Aug 6, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Working at Reser's ruined potato salad for me.

Not that there was anything wrong with it, I just can’t stand it anymore.

KFC Coleslaw, on the other hand…

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The one on South Commercial.

God, I still know that.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Where'd you go to HS?

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh no, another Salemite?

South.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not really a Salemite

but I spent my freshman year at McNary before relocating back to Seattle (parental job fluctuation).

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was there in 1983

so say all the bad stuff you want, I barely remember what it looks like at this point.

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I'm in no hurry to return there

My last contract gig was at Regence, and I did a couple stints in their Salem office, and it kinda creeped me out. Salem’s strange.

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't say that.

That sort of stuff makes me feel so young. I was born in 83.

;P

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 9:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm glad one of us feels young.

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Addendum:

Get on my lawn, you old people.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Consarnit

Look at this lawn!? You call this a lawn? In my day, we took pride in lawn maintenance. But the kids these days, they just use the lawn as a convenient place to rut their trampy girlfriends, or as an ashtray for all of their goofball-joints.

Cut your lawn, then cut your hair!

by marc w on Aug 6, 2008 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions   3 recs

Damn hippies.

and rec’d for the use of the phrase “rut their trampy girlfriends”.

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I had to read that a few times

because my mind couldn’t process all of the awesome.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 6, 2008 10:19 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's yours!

Or would you prefer ice cream cake? It’s your call today.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah - happy birthday 2R2L!

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Except that it's totally not my call today.

I’m putting in 13 hours between two jobs. The only calls I’m going to be making are the ones from the bowling alley to league bowlers.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 6, 2008 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

On second thought

I really shouldn’t have calculated the number of hours. That’s depressing.

I am fixing to watch “The Last Dragon” and “Godzilla Raids Again” tomorrow with some friends, but my guess is that we don’t need another random movie thread.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 6, 2008 9:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mmm, Cake

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I still love that song

As well as pretty much everything by Cake (except for, ironically, “Going the Distance” – which I think of as the most sinfully overplayed Cake song by radio stations)

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

A semi-baseball topic

Jim Caple over at ESPN thinks closers are overrated and the save is one of the dumbest statistics in baseball.

Bravo, Jim.

Why do teams do this when this is such a readily apparent poor use of resources?

“I’ll tell you why,” Oakland general manager Billy Beane says. “It’s the same reason more football coaches don’t go for it on fourth-and-1. Because when it doesn’t work, 30 of you guys come storming in wondering why the manager didn’t go to the closer. It’s turned into a situation where a lot of emotion is tied to that decision, just as a lot of emotion is tied to the fourth-down decision. Even if you know the odds, it’s more comfortable being wrong when you go to the closer or the punter.

“The position has become very media-driven. It became a national story when Boston announced it would go with a bullpen by committee.”

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 9:27 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I mean, that's got to be worth an extra 1-3 wins over a season

if you use your best pitcher in the highest leverage situations.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Caple seems to think so.
The restricted role of closers not only is an inefficient use of their talent, it renders them useless during a prolonged losing streak because the team never has a lead in the ninth inning to protect. Putz “saved” 40 games last year with a 1.38 ERA, was named the team’s best pitcher by the local writers and the reliever of the year by the league. Yet when Seattle was in the midst of losing 13 of 14 games in late August and early September to tumble from the wild-card lead to hopelessly out of playoff contention, Putz pitched only twice. So when the team was floundering at a make-or-break point of the season, its supposed best pitcher - the league’s alleged best reliever - was of no help because the Mariners were not in official and proper “save situations.”

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

PET PEEVE ALERT:

I hate when writers use the word “floundering” instead of “foundering.”

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Either word works in this context

I mean, I’m with you, but I think it’s fine here….

by marc w on Aug 6, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Losing 13 out of 14 isn't floundering.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Floundering at a make-or-break point of the season"

is perfectly acceptable. At least to me.

If it was “floundering their way to 13 consecutive losses” or something, maybe so. THIS season, they’re foundering. Last year, at the point described here, I think either would work.

by marc w on Aug 6, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, I saw that yesteday

Keiran Darcy and Jim Caple have written a lot of good articles over on Page 2 recently

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 9:28 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is so refreshing.

Beats the hell out of the usual ESPN garbage.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I remember when Boston did that and I thought they were so dumb

God I was dumb back then. Atleast the Devil Rays were the ones to benefit from it.

by Robert on Aug 6, 2008 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah it was very good.

Also, Jonah Keri tears apart the idea of K-Rod for AL MVP. The link is in the Caple article.

It’s great to finally get stuff like this from ESPN.

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Aug 6, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hahaha

Yeah. He blew another save two nights ago, though it was partly Tex’s fault for booting a ball. Good old Frankie, making things interesting even after being up by 4 and with two outs, lets them tie the game.

At least we got a walkoff walk! WOO.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was helping my roommate install a new blow-off valve and we came into the living room with it 0-2 on Roberts

he was not a very happy camper about five minutes later

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The comments section of this story is hilarious.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is why I love Greasemonkey

there’s a greasemonkey userscript that prevents ESPN comments from loading – as the script’s author puts it, “ESPN’s “conversation” beta does nothing more than frustrate me that people can be that dumb. I am not interested in what bgh4321xx2’s opinion on the Patriots trading for Randy Moss is.”

Exactly.

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

by pdb on Aug 6, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ESPN comments are always a fun read.

Amazingly there were a few who got it…and then a million who are godamned idiots.

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Aug 6, 2008 9:34 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YouTube

at least ESPN comments have a few insightful ones every once in a while

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can't even troll that stupidly.

And I’ve ruined some perfectly good websites that way in my younger years.

But they could do what took me days of work w/o even trying. It’s a good thing they hole themselves up there. I don’t know what the internet would do if they dispersed.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

YouTube BY FAR.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sometimes I'll thumbs-down all the crappy ones in a thread

and hit my quota for the hour 1/3rd of the way through.

by Gomez on Aug 6, 2008 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

There's a limit on the number of times you can give comments thumbs-down?

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 10:03 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Over a certain period of time

I found this out the hard way in some especially horrible threads.

by Gomez on Aug 6, 2008 10:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Youtube.

Every single video will have terribly racist comments and at least 10 people who are only there to piss off everyone else. ESPN commentors are just stupid.

Go Nova

by dbroncos31 on Aug 6, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How is babby formed?

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Recipe: Baby (Servings: 1)

Combine:
One Prom night
Three wine coolers
Four Miller High Lifes

Place mixture in oven for 9 months. Proceed to resent and neglect baby for 18 years.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not so much for that

but the baseball section is infuriating.

by Mariner John on Aug 6, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, like comments on Baker's blog.

Or the PI forum.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Logan isn't an idiot.

He’s just horribly…horribly…horribly misguided.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 10:04 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Did he ever provide you with his scouting reports?

He claims they exist. They say that Shin-Soo Choo is a first ballot hall of famer and that Bryan LaHair hits lefties better than righties.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 10:14 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh god, yes. High comedy.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow.

I mean, I always suspected Bavasi was still working for the Angels during his tenure here, but…

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really miss some of the trolls we've had around here

F’nA’s and ASUBoyd for starters, and the guy who thought that Felix should be able to pitch through heat because he was from Venezuela

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 10:11 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I still think it's going to be awkward when football season starts

and he has to interact with people at FGs that he got into it with here.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 6, 2008 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Scruffy loves you.

He told me this to my face.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Aug 6, 2008 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am dead serious.

He adores you.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Aug 6, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm not quite sure what I did to earn his adoration.

I’m kind of frightened. Honored, but frightened.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He just told me that he wishes there was a way

on LL where he could get a notice that whenever you were in an argument, he would get a notification so he could watch.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Aug 6, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just repeating, not stating fact.

Take it for what its worth, but if we ever do a FG vs. LL flag football game, you should come.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Aug 6, 2008 11:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Are you sure we're not talking about Graham?

Because the arguments he gets in are made of pure awesome.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He said you.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Aug 6, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll be at Field Gulls this season.

Let him know that my policy of kissing moderator ass applies there.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I will let them all know.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Aug 6, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

After this season, I need John and Scruffy to softly caress me

and whisper soothing words of comfort into my ear.

There there…it’s okay…You’re safe in Timmy Ruskell’s hands…

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wait,

It’s magical power to set up an RSS feed pulling a search for your name on LL? :)

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't the point of ass kissing

To suck up to the higher ups without letting your peers see your brown nose? You seem to be doing the opposite of that…

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I found him hilarious

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

(unintionally hilarious but...)

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He's a mod on the ASU site.

From what I’ve read so far, not much has changed.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The site is up now?

We should go over there

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I got turned down for a NJ Devils site.

Wow, what does that say about me…

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm really sad the UCLA site was taken

I think I would have done really well at that

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by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good cop/Bad cop

Find an annoying troll who is rude to everyone and evangelizes the team. If nothing else it would make for some interesting threads…

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've been tempted

To try and get one going for Wazzu, but at the end of the day it equates to work. And I’m not a huge fan of doing that.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would love to host it, but it would be completely a fan site.

I could see their point, I don’t know enough about hockey to have a better than beginner level discussion of strategy or anything besides basic rules.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wazzu has a hockey team?

I was thinking about our beer drinking team.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sorry, I was still on my topic.

Were you talking about something? ;P

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh, haha

How about beer! I always like talking about that :)

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seconded.

And recced.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't look at me.

All we had was a kick-ass marching band. Our sports teams sucked.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 10:56 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is a state of mind.

Rapidly alternating between dry, lousy humor and OH MY GOD FURRIES I WILL KILL YOU STABSTABSTAB DIE DIE DIE YOUR ENTRAILS SHALL BE SPILLED

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That guy was fucking annoying

His personality summed up:

ASUBoyd: “Hey my name is ASUBoyd let’s friends”

OtherPerson: “Hey nice to meet you”

OtherPerson: “Nice weather we’re having huh?”

ASUBoyd: “What are you implying?”

OtherPerson: “Ummm….that the weather is….nice out today?”

ASUBoyd: “You know what, fuck you buddy I don’t have to sit here and take this”

OtherPerson: ”.......ooooookay”

by OlSalty on Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

You forgot Steroids = HGH.

One of my favorite discussions of all time.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've always wondered about this infamous conversation.

Anyone know where to find it, or should I archive search steroids = HGH?

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh dear lord

According to his SBN profile he wants to be a lawyer. Can you imagine having your attorney represent you in court with the same debate skills he displayed in that subthread?

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Actually you didn't

Because my thought was in my head and your thought was in your head. How could they POSSIBLY be the same thing? According to the FBI, NAACP and USDA they are fundamentally different!

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Couldn't resist

But that’s the one and only time you’ll see it. Out of my system now.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hm..

ASUBoyd: Your honor, the defendant is clearly guilty of murder. The video surveillance tapes show it.

Defense attorney: Object your honor. This is a trial for shoplifting, not murder.

ASUBoyd: SHOPLIFTING = MURDER FUCK YOU!

Judge: Objection sustained. Sit the fuck down, son.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow, Alex B is a prophet.

Strasburg
Poor lad is going to be a dead meme before he even gets drafted.

by Alex B on May 12, 2008 3:38 PM MDT

by Wilder. on Aug 6, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Late...

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What's funny is that had he said

“look, I know they’re different; ‘steroids’ has just become shorthand for PEDs; my bad, I’ll try to refrain from making that oversimplification in the future,” everything would have been fine.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 6, 2008 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

But nooooo it had to launch into a big old pissing contest.

Don’t get into pissing contests with Graham. You will never win.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Part II

Jeff/Matthew/Graham: “Stop being stupid.”

ASUBoyd: “What the fuck, I didn’t do anything wrong!”

Jeff/Matthew/Graham: “Wrong.”

ASUBoyd: “FUCK YOU!”

Jeff/Matthew/Graham: “Penalty box.”

::20 minutes later::

ASUBoyd: “So whats up, everybody? How’s the game? Having a nice day?”

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

He seemed so earnest at first.

When he posted that F the A’s picture he made, he was really sad that people didn’t like it.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 6, 2008 10:21 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

I tend to find people that naive fascinating. Forget not knowing the finer (or completely basic) points of baseball; it was like the guy was air-dropped into 2008 having never seen or heard of the internet before.

by marc w on Aug 6, 2008 10:20 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm still upset I closed that thread.

I wanted to know his other sociocultural arguments.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brilliant, as always.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Track listing for Metallica's "Death Magnetic" is out

‘That Was Just Your Life’
‘The End Of The Line’
‘Broken, Beat & Scarred’
‘The Day That Never Comes’
‘All Nightmare Long’
‘Cyanide’
‘The Unforgiven III’
‘The Judas Kiss’
‘Suicide & Redemption’

Unforgiven III? Really Metallica? You know, I was actually considering giving this album a chance, because when did that cover of Iron Maiden’s “Remember Tomorrow” they sounded really really good(though that could of been because it’s a Maiden song, so the awesome could of rubbed off). But Unforgiven III? Uh oh’s.

The album will be available to download in the coming weeks.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 6, 2008 10:26 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Hah.

Another album to dl, copy, and give to everyone I can in response to their crappy RIAA shilling buy at full price and listen to quietly by myself while not letting anyone else hear, so I don’t make them go broke and lose their gigantic fucking houses.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lars-a-riffic post.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They should be locked in a room and forced to listen to nothing but their first three albums for two weeks.

They should then be allowed to make an album, and if it sucks, they should be shot.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 6, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They may be complete douchebags, but if this new album sound like the first three, I'll buy it.

Or download it. Maybe just borrow it from a friend and rip it.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll never pay money for anything they do.

They owe me. I bought Load for crissakes.

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 6, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They named it Load, what more do you want?

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.280/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Aug 6, 2008 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Semen on the cover?

Oh wait, they did that, too!

J.K.L.

by acblue on Aug 6, 2008 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I really don't care if it's good or not, but after seeing that documentary,

I want a film crew following their every move, and capturing each unintentionally hilarious line.

by marc w on Aug 6, 2008 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

ALERT ALERT!

We have a winner for the most prescient comment in LL history.

I hereby submit Adam B for the newly-named “Adam B Prognostication Award” for this comment.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:50 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Alex?

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dammit.

I read too much AdamB on DKos. So when I see his name, I change it around.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

this goes in off topic since it's drivel, but FYE.
STOPPED TO see the Angels before taking a red eye to St. Louis to hang with Manny, and heard Mark Teixeira say his three favorite places to play are New York, Seattle and Anaheim.

Is it safe to assume he will sign next year with New York, Seattle or the Angels?

“I said my three favorite stadiums are in those places,” Teixeira said.

by Matthew on Aug 6, 2008 10:52 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Ugh.

Those are some of the worst hot dogs I’ve had.

Surprisingly, the best one are in Yankee Stadium, out of the 13 stadia I’ve visited.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stadia = Stadiums

Equally admissable plurals, it just depends upon whether you prefer the latin derivative or the Anglo. (ref).

The english Mariner who isn't EnglishMariner --- P3 W1 L2 (.333)
Sponsor of Jamie Burke's baseball-reference page

by MarkE on Aug 7, 2008 3:42 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's more shouting than getting up.

If I don’t recognize them, I’m pretty sure that they’re about to be in peril.

Really, I should just set up a video camera to tape them from my desk and send it in to AFV or something and make a little cash.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 6, 2008 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

$100k is more than "a little cash"

you just to add funny video effects and a music track

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

As in an interview to work with him on the show,

or interviewing him for something?

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 6, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Interviewing him for our podcast.

Im excited because i like the show so much.

I have eight watches. None of them are fake.

by RafaelCarmona22 on Aug 6, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

All i know is Ball, Good... AND RAPE.

I’ve interviewed the voice of Shake before, we are trying to get Dave who does Carl and Meatwad in soon.

I have eight watches. None of them are fake.

by RafaelCarmona22 on Aug 6, 2008 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is awesome.

Lead me to the podcasts.

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That would be hilarious!

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 6, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since there's no gamethread yet, this will be ON topic

but….

Ibañez is playing LF and Reed is the DH.

Hilarious.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 12:44 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Is Willie pitching?

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hoo boy.

Well, I’ll finally get to see how he handles it.

Reed probably wants to strangle Riggleman right now, though.

by BrianL on Aug 6, 2008 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think I like you.

It’s one thing when we make fun of our retarded team, it’s another when fans of the better teams makes fun of our retarded team.

by Faux on Aug 6, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh come on you don't get to have all the fun.

You don’t have to be a Mariner fan to feel the hate turn into pity and amusement.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Only when we face the Red Sox.

We’re fine otherwise.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe.

But the prospect of a Rays Angels ALCS is too exciting for me to worry about facing such a good team.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

¿Why would you think that?

It’s the question mark, apparently.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 12:52 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

That I don't know.

but every time someone tries it, it only shows up as a line to me.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 6, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

shit!

I forgot that SBN hates it when you try to use greater thans and less thans. < 3

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 6, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

What character encoding are you using?

I’m using Unicode and the hearts work with that.

the other angels fan

by Eyebrows on Aug 6, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Testing, testing

It’s doing nothing.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

♥

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Another way to do the hearts is:

& hearts ;

With no spaces.

♥

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

&hearts.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

♥

needs more semicolon.

by Two Rs and Two Ls on Aug 6, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah ha.

♥

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Needs more colon.

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Aug 6, 2008 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

♥

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 1:09 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

You should make that your signature.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I this your signature should be:

“I really should have replied to SOMETHING with that…”

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or is that what you meant?

This is currently my signature.

by kevin_ess on Aug 6, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

No, but that's funny too.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

How's this

The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions   2 recs

Rec worthy.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phildopip on Aug 6, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I ♥ this.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

.... fine hold up

The Jose Lopez Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 1:34 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

This is like on FB when you get married to someone you're not actually married to

it’s funny at first, then it gets less funny

The ♥ Jose Lopez ♥ Watch - 140 H, 16 BB, 49 G Left

by seattlebruin on Aug 6, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just leave it for today.

And yes, the questions that come when suddenly you’re single and your ex is listed as married to his cousin…and everyone who is friends with both of you questions what the hell is going on.
That’s why it only needs to be for today.

Finally, some recognition.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Aug 6, 2008 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Worst use of Facebook ever:

A friend from college changed his profile every single day to say it was his birthday. After about a month he was still getting “Happy Birthday!” comments from people.

Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!

by thejew4u on Aug 6, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Can someone tell me what the hell is going on with Jeff Karstens?

He’s the Jorge Campillo of August!

Still not really striking anyone out, but no one can hit the guy.

by marc w on Aug 6, 2008 2:39 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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