Scoring Update: Rodney vs. Boomer1

by red shoe ranger on Oct 1, 2009 8:55 PM CDT Comment 63 comments

Two of LSB's most prolific posters are engaged in a tight, fight till the death, battle to see which one can get to 20,000 comments first. With the finish line in site it is now time for bets to be placed.

The current line: pick 'em

Current Standings:

Rodney boomer1
18,393 comments 18,091 comments

In a less publisized battle it appears boomer1 will win the LSB mad dash to 1,000 comments containing "lol".

He currently sits at 988 with Rodney trailing with only 727 "lol" comments. Third place is too far back to even be mentioned(iorange555 with around 550). Amazingly "lol" accounts for roughly 5% of their respective comments. More impressive is that added together they have posted 14% of ALL "lol" comments on LSB. Good work gentlemen.

These #'s are indeed unscientific in nature. Different "search" methods may reveal slightly different results.

If you are aware of any other "fascinating" comment revelations or quirks of various posters please post below.

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lol

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Oct 1, 2009 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

lol

by BuckyB on Oct 3, 2009 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Oct 5, 2009 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

fcol

(for cryin’ out loud)

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by t ball on Oct 6, 2009 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

follicle

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Oct 6, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is the equivilent of the Rangers-Mariners race

Baseball Jesus has nearly 32k comments.

by robert_d_wilfong on Oct 1, 2009 9:55 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

And I've been here about half as long as Rodney and Boomer.

What can I say, I don’t miss many GDT’s.

Hank is 7 runs below a zombie replacement at first base. Do you realize how terrible that is? Zombie’s can’t think, they’re slow, and they’re often ejected from the game for eating opposing baserunners’ brains. - Ben quantifies Hank Blalock

by lonestarJon on Oct 1, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This post reminds me of....

This.

LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

by DaheelzCM on Oct 1, 2009 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy crap, I've got over 2,200 posts and I haven't posted here that long

When you spend time in a few GDTs, the posts add up quicker than you realize.

"Feldman and Feliz and and pray for…infectious disease?"--TheJeezus on Sep 9, 2009 1:01 PM PDT

by WestTxAg06 on Oct 2, 2009 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

especially

if you get in an argument with he who shall not be named

by kevinkinsler on Oct 2, 2009 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I only have 23K.

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 2, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

weaksauce :)

by Agreen07 on Oct 2, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So funny, so true.

We never saw enough of the great Phil Hartman.

"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."

"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"

by Josey Wales on Oct 1, 2009 11:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Rodney has got this one

that 300 comment lead is too much to come back from.

That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Oct 2, 2009 12:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This should get them some credit

on the next one of these

by kevinkinsler on Oct 2, 2009 7:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I’m UID 28, and I still don’t have 14K.

"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland

by DJCahill on Oct 2, 2009 9:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

A guy could make a post (and indeed, all of his comments) for the sole purpose of trolling, and yet LSB focused its banning fury on poor little Texas_Dawg.

by brettgardner on Oct 2, 2009 9:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This blog is strange sometimes.

"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009

by ghtd36 on Oct 2, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Personally, I think

the banstick should be unleashed a lot more. Ben should pick someone every week for the remainder of the year to ban.

by DJCahill on Oct 2, 2009 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

Texas_Dawg

I supported his ban initially, thinking it would spur someone to use bans more liberally in the future. Fuck me was I wrong there. At least TD would provide surprisingly accurate inside info now and again.

by LiamP on Oct 2, 2009 1:44 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

you can continue to hate.....

I choose remember the good times,

It was so sweet how you used to take time away from your WSJ in the mornings to help me with my LSB postings. Without you I’ve resorted to trolldom. Please come back to me…

Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room

by red shoe ranger on Oct 2, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

x

One can only wonder how your brilliance was expressed prior to joining this baseball blog.

by brettgardner on Oct 2, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's unreal

I’ve been a member for over four years and I’ve only got like 2300 or so.

by chief on Oct 2, 2009 9:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

What we need

is some sort of equivalent to the wOBA, or xFIP, tRA or some such. Not all comments are equal. I have well over 20k plate appearances, some of high quality, some that make me look more like Matt Kata.

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by t ball on Oct 2, 2009 11:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is post 7870

So I’m well behind some of these folks. But I probably have more words / post than anyone other than my nemesis spurdynasty.

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Oct 2, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OT: What does your user name mean?

Also, I wanted the old cowboy hat Ranger logo as my avatar, but you got it first.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Oct 2, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

name

JB are my first two initials and “I’m a knee” is the pronunciation of my last name.

I always liked the cowboy logo with the goofy western font. Of course, there have been several copy-cats who have used it even though I nabbed it on day 1.

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Oct 2, 2009 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting note

According to a poster on this site, the R and S in the logo are capitalized because the owner that brought the team from Washington to Texas was Robert Short. Not sure if that is true.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Oct 2, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The new owner should bring back that hat

That would be awesome

by Mark from OC on Oct 4, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

unlike you, I am a paradigm of consistency, an injective projection of Jerry Hairston Jr.

by Telegraph on Oct 2, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I only have 539 comments, guess that’s the def of a lurker. How do you find your UID?

Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."

by LBBRangerFan on Oct 2, 2009 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Click on your profile

Scroll down to the Blog Memberships. It also shows when you joined.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Oct 2, 2009 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ahhhh

thanks – 1140, although I lurked on the blogspot site as well.

Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."

by LBBRangerFan on Oct 2, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Step up

I’m UID 1109, and I just hit 3000 comments. I only participate in the away GDTs, too.

"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08

by lisa w on Oct 2, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

UID 91, just over 5000 comments

"I cannot believe how fucking off base I was about Tiny E before this season. The Kid is great and is going to become a star."

- Wails

by RCCook on Oct 2, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm only able to see the day I joined, but I can't find the UID

by kevinkinsler on Oct 2, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Look further down on that page under "blog memberships"

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Oct 2, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can't see mine either. I think once it got past a certain point.

It just stopped counting.

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Oct 2, 2009 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i feel like I just got denied rushing a fraternity

oh well, here’s to Indies!

by kevinkinsler on Oct 2, 2009 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No place on the LSB 40-man for you all.

Looks like you’ll have to be content with NRIs

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Oct 2, 2009 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll take it

by kevinkinsler on Oct 2, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

13K posts in just over a year??!

I think the User ID number shows up for people who were already signed up before the site was converted to Version 2.0 – February 2008-ish?

I’m # 607.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Oct 2, 2009 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I usually only post in GTDs so it translates in a lot of useless short comments.

I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'

by iorange555 on Oct 2, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

what is UID?

After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL

by hinduplaya on Oct 2, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I presume user ID #

It consecutive. AJM is #2 I believe, I’m #318.

Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.

by WyoRanger on Oct 2, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ok, i see where it should be

i don’t have one…tear

by kevinkinsler on Oct 2, 2009 6:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They stopping assigning them when they switched to the SBN 2.0 platform

So if you joined after about February or March last year, you won’t have one.

by lonestarJon on Oct 2, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's birth control

for bloggers.

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by t ball on Oct 2, 2009 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

18K

what happens when you take extended vacations away from the rangers in september.

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Oct 2, 2009 1:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Comment maximums

For non-GDT participants = 848/year

4 7-10 comment flamewars/year (~30)
2 insightful comments/day (730)
1 media content (pics, vids, etc) comment/month (12)
3 dogpiles on new participant fanposts/year (3)
1 “because he has Hank’s balls in his mouth” comment/year (1)
1 “f- brett gardner” comment/year (1)
4 “f- ryan sweeney” comments/year (4)
2 “papeldouche”-related comments/year (2)
1 “first” comment/year (1)
1 “lol”/“wtf” comment/week (52)
1 “+1,” “this,” “gagreed,” etc. comment/month (12)

For GDT participants = 2,411

GDT quotas +
12-15 insightful comments per GDT; max 120 GDTs/year (1,620)
Note: “first,” “lol”/“wtf” and “+1” comments in GDTs count towards both non-GDT and GDT quotas.

by robert_d_wilfong on Oct 2, 2009 1:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs