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by Adam J. Morris on Jun 24, 2009 11:22 PM CDT
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PrintWhew.
Still in first place, for another day.
Bats still asleep, but today, it didn't matter.
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not really
"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)
4 hits in a game is never good
regardless of how cold your team is.
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
What was it, zero hits after the 3rd or 4th inning tonight?
Still Ralph Wiggum pathetic, it’s just that the pitching was awesome tonight.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
Who gives a crap?
Just like business, or broads, or life, or Checkers…Just Win, I don’t care how.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Well, point is, it doesn't really give me any more confidence heading into tomorrow than if we had lost.
Superb effort by Padilla and the bullpen, but we’re not gonna pitch like Cy Young every night. Still gotta learn to score runs again, and we gotta do it before the series with Angels on Monday.
I’m happy we won, but we’re a long way from okay.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
And yes
I am a perfectionist fud. :)
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
we're not going to hit against Cy Young every night, either
but the playoffs, if we reach them, may be more like this…
what a tough run for ANYBODY: Matt Cain, Randy Johnson, Barry Zito doing his best “circa early 2000’s Barry Zito” impression, Max Scherzer, Dan Haren
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
nice quote lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Compared to how they've batted recently...
They worked Haren for almost 120 pitches in 7 innings.
That’s atleast a mini-improvement I think. Last week, he would’ve made it through those same 7 innings on 90 pitches or less cause we were swinging at more crap.
For the first few innings I thought I saw a more patient team with timely hitting...
Then the other 2/3 of the game was played.
At least they won.
MY had a nice one pitch AB
in the 8th after Murphy had walked that resulted in a DP.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
I'm thinking Murphy is taking speech therapy.
I’m not hearing that lisp.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
Maybe he really is interested in being a broadcaster when his career as a player is over
I think he’d be a good one without that impediment.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
why can't he just speak like he does normally?
Josh didn’t lose his twitch…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions
YAY
still in first place
My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos
Hardly the end of the slump unfortunately
No matter how bad you are playing you are still going to win an occasional game.
Oh well, just glad we managed to stick in first and padilla is looking good lately. Its really just been that one bad yankee game for a month now.
the preceding post was a great success.
Yep, we're far from fixed
This offense still blows.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
Don't ask questions or point fingers.
Just soak it up- the streak is over.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
whaaaat???
did you say soak up some whiskey. ok brb
My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos
Yay for the pitching
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
and we're still
The Angriest Fans of a First Place Team in MLB
My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos
Oops
wasn’t done yet. Add Feliz to that bullpen, that’s a lot of good stuff coming at hitters.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Are you going to say that about Feliz
after he walks the basesloaded, and Jennings comes in and allows a 3 run double?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
You're an asswhip at times,
you know that?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yes
That won’t change the fact that Feliz has outstanding stuff.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
stuff that is not ready for the MLs
What did Holland say about ML hitters? They know the strikezone.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
With the exception of anyone in a Ranger uniform, that is.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
You're talking about command
I’m talking about stuff. I said nothing about his ability to control his stuff. Of course he’ll have his ups and downs with that. Duh.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I personally don't think
that ML hitters are ready for his stuff…but I guess we’ll see won’t we?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Healthy CJ = VERY good CJ
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
Vicente
Is puzzling. I don’t know how he keeps shutting people down while walking as many as he strikes out. Not complaining, though.
Kanye, you want to be the voice of this generation? Get in line! It goes me, Obamagirl, the Freecreditreport.com guys, then It's a tie between you-and Crocs.
-Stephen Colbert
He's an eccentric warrior
who should’ve never been made available to the rest of baseball. That shit is Burnett’s fault, Vinny wasn’t headhunting. Thank Buddha no one grabbed him.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
I'd have to look but I imagine not many of his pitches are in the middle of the zone.
Stay at the corners and you’ll get some borderline strike calls, some swings and misses, some ball calls and some ground balls. That explains the walks and the strikeouts and why he can get outs.
and some HBPs
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions
How about TT catching both VP and Harrison for a while?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
how bout TT
just catching more than salty for at least till the break. hell let TT catch every damn game till the break. lets see whats up
My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos
What?
Sometimes i think the posters around here must just fall on their heads every couple hours so they can make these posts…
and this is a Longhorn fan making this statement...
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
I remembered that
I thought it was brave because you never know which Padilla is going to show up.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Since they sent the message by putting him on Waivers
all we have seen is the good Padilla.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
think it'll last through the end of the year?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Probably not.
He’ll be back to headhunting and melting down at the first sign of bad defense by August, I imagine.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
Jeeez, Cahill
do you ever say anything positive about this thing?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Good Stuff
But we wont win 80 games if this hitting keeps up
This is our year.
http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/6/21/920707/lifes-a-piece-of-sh-when-you-look
by FormerLSBUser on Jun 24, 2009 11:27 PM CDT reply actions
Must be lonely out there ..
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
by inactive lsb user on Jun 25, 2009 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions
?
Im not with you…
This is our year.
http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/6/21/920707/lifes-a-piece-of-sh-when-you-look
by FormerLSBUser on Jun 25, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions
On the bright side, we kept the Ks out of double digits
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 24, 2009 11:28 PM CDT reply actions
And the team won without having to deal with his ass in the line-up.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Although
Blalock: 0-3, BB
not much better.
Wonder what’s worse for Chris Davis’ development. Not being in the lineup everyday or going 0-fer with a couple of Ks
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
Let's worry more about Crush's development when he has an obp
anything close to .280.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Aren't we playing for 2010?
The young players’ development should be top priority. But yeah, nobody thought Davis was gonna get off to such a horrendous start. Most people’s worst-case scenario was probably somewhere around .230/.320/.480
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
You don't give up the ghost when you are in 1st place.
And I got lambasted for my CD guesses, I wish that I was wrong.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
So your theory that with Hank in the lineup would fix the offense
really didnt prove too much did it?? Sorry buddy, its ok, it happens to all of us!
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
Hank's OBP down to .292 now.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Still,
compared to CDavis it looks pretty good :)
I’m amazed at the number of sub 300 OBPs this month and for the season for this team. A 300 OBP is pretty rotgut.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
Put Blalock in the line-up every day
for a week against all pitching, quick jerking him around and then see what happens.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
Do that for long enough
and we know what’ll happen. Blalock will go to the DL.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
by DJCahill on Jun 25, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
exactly what I was thinking
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions
I think after Davis had a pretty nice game 2 nights ago
it was smart to get him out of the lineup for a day, let him dwell on the positives
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Pretty nice game?
He hit a ground ball with eyes up the middle that bounced 46 times and had a walk.
I’d have to think long and hard but I can’t remember any team sticking with any player (260 ab’s before July 1), muchless a first basemen in the AL, with an OBP hovering around .250 as long as the Rangers have with Crush.
Maybe there is some light-hitting, slick fielding middle infielder or catcher that has been given that many ab’s but I can’t remember one, especially in the AL.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions
it was improvement
and 1-3 with a walk, forcing the pitchers to throw a total of about 28 pitches during his 4 at bats, is VERY nice. his only out in the final 3 at bats was a line shot the other way.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Walter
Tap the brakes on the part about it being a “line shot.”
As Corby said yesterday in a rare moment of baseball clarity, calling the Crush performance good was like saying my kid only pooped his diaper a little.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions
you don't think that was a good day at the plate, all things considering?
I think it was a great day at the plate, seeing what we’ve been through the past month…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
0-4 and 0-3.
The kids did good!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
i realize that they only scored 2 runs
but it’d be a shame if the rangers clubhouse didn’t feel better about themselves after this one. you’re going to feel shitty after losses but if you can’t feel good after wins, then you’re never going to bust out of a slump.
"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)
The pitching has nothing to hang their heads about.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
well
i want the hitters to be happy too. even if they have no good reason to be.
"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)
They won.
Much like many Ranger fans, I want them to get shitfaced & celebrate tonight!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
As I sit here getting shitfaced,
this makes me feel better that I’m not alone.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Personally,
I’m not shit-faced but I’m 7 beers in and happy that some of my faves helped end the streak.
Plus, I mixed in some good late 60s Dodger talk.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Have you read
Halberstam’s baseball books? "Summer of ‘49’ , “October 1964” , and “The Teammates”
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Loved Summer o 49 and October 64 but did not read
The Teammates.
I read Halberstam’s The 50s…great writer.
Want an obscure baseball book to read? The Wrong Stuff by Bill Lee.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll check it out.
‘The Fifties’ is the shit. Taught me a whole lot.
Shame how he died, gotta check out “The Coldest Winter”. I’m sure it’ll teach me about the Korean War like “The Fifties” educated my ass.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Also
read The Bronx Zoo by Sparky Lyle and Jim Murray’s autobiography.
Jim Murray may be one the best writers this country ever produced.
One more obscure book (and you gotta look hard)…“When All the Laughter Died in Silence” by Lance Rentzel. The kid was fucked up and full of denial but a nice view of what it was like to be a college star/ nfl player in the early 60s.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Jim Murray started a Memorial Day/Indy 500 colum once,
“Gentlemen start your coffins”. He was a curmudgeon, but had good things to say about Al Oliver once. Good in my book.
Wasn’t it ‘Rentzel, Rentzel stick out your pencil’ or was that ever proven?
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Took me forever to find:
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Jun 24, 2009 11:32 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
rec
a beautiful sight to see
My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos
Well thanks, HH.
I agree, this image has been in mothballs far too long.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
how do you post photos again?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Copy the URL
And hit the tree button. Then adjust the size by typing width=“300” in between the end of the URL and the little > at the end of the embed code.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
perfection
thanks
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Jun 25, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions
Good win for the Rangers
Oh and Shaq was just traded to the Cavs
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
i don't think it will make that much of a difference.
"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)
did you watch them vs orlando?
it would have made a difference in that series.
and they didn’t lose anything.
the preceding post was a great success.
shaq can't stop dwight howard
and what they really need is some outside shooting. at this point shaq isn’t going to draw the double team and he might get open for a few but really you are going to count on his passing in the post. i dont’ see how a team of him and lebron functions. if this is the cavs only move, then they took a step backwards. they’re going to have to come up with a way to play both lebron and shaq together and when they don’t come up with anything, you’ll see a fractured team and a guarantee that lebron is going to brooklyn (although that might already be the case).
"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)
Don't they have outside shooting in the regular season?
That just happened to suck in the playoffs?
the preceding post was a great success.
well
i guess that’s accurate. but still, they probably needed an athletic scorer and instead they went with shaq.
"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)
Eh, I don't buy that.
With Delonte West and Mo Williams, you have your outside shooting and scorers (Gibson off the bench), but undersized at the 2. Lebron at the 3 leaves you with two big men. Shaq being one would help even in a reduced role. Maybe he and Ilgauskas can play tandem C.
J.J. Hickson is 6’9, athletic, and only 20. Give him a year.
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
by inactive lsb user on Jun 25, 2009 1:12 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm just glad it wasn't to the Mavs
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jun 24, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
and actually
i think it makes the cavs worse. i don’t think lebron and shaq can play together and in two years, the cavs will have a big bag of nothing.
"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)
it's who's minutes shaq is taking in the 4th
"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)
AL West update
A’s losing 2-6 bot 9.
angels winning 9-2 bot 8
M’s winning 4-3 bot 8
My garden this year... planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, okra, and for the first time i went with eggplant
Chapman Family Historical Photos
cowpoke
somehow the voice of reason.
The losing streak just ended but there’s NBA trade talk concerning the Eastern Conference.
Who gives a fuck?
The streak is over, what next, soccer talk?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions
What is there to say?
We got 4 freakin hits. Its not like it was neftali feliz who pitched a good start, theres nothing to analyze. Padilla had a good game, hurrah. Good to see but we know him.
the preceding post was a great success.
I'm not interested in the NBA either
But what’s to talk about? We squeaked out a win because of the pitching tonight. The offense still sucks a giant monkey dong.
There’s really not much to say about that.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
Josey Donuts
just wants to find a way to make this a blame Jon Daniels, bow at Nolan Ryan’s feet thread.
by Michael Cave on Jun 24, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Really??? Fucking REALLY???
You’ve bitched about the pitching the entire two years you have known this team existed…surely you have to understand the idiocy of your statement, right?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Yes
im watching the replay of the USA-Spain game i couldnt watch earlier because i was at work. Just flat beautiful
by Michael Cave on Jun 24, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
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I’m glad we’ve usually sucked at soccer…seriously, do we become a better country if more kids in this country play soccer?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 24, 2009 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Dont really know the answer to that question
but if i had a choice between the USA winning the game and the USA losing game i would definitely want them to win. I think wins like this are just a testament to how good the US could be. Call me whatever but i want the USA to be the best at every sport.
by Michael Cave on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions
You know the thing I don't get
Is how some people will watch hockey and not soccer. Hockey is just soccer on ice with sticks.
And they both suck.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
That's where the "on ice" part comes in.
Soccer puts you to sleep, whereas hockey is impossible to follow becuase it’s moving too fast and you can’t actually see the goddamn puck.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
Try it in person one time.
If you don’t like it then- ‘Different strokes for different folks’.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
it's not impossible to follow
if you watch it enough times, you can figure out where the puck is
"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)
Maybe you need to experience a game live.
Not a US game, but something in Europe. You won’t fall asleep there.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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That's not a good defense.
If the only appeal of a sport is the drunken violence that surrounds it, maybe you should just tell the kid to stick to the bars.
by brettgardner on Jun 25, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions
I didn't mean it as watching the drunken violence.
Going to see a game live and watching people truly get into a sport sometimes helps people get into a sport and want to learn more about it.
I grew up thinking soccer was boring too, despite being a first generation immigrant here from Europe. Over the last few years, I’ve watched some games on TV with die hard fans (Premiere League/World Cup) and it really changed my perspective on the game.
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gagree
i was in austria during the eurocup last summer, and even though i already liked following soccer, the atmosphere really got even more excited about next year’s world cup
by kevinkinsler on Jun 25, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I fell in love with soccer in June 2002
I was at TGI Friday’s… having a drink at the bar. It was like 1.30a. The place was packed with people, and all the T.V.’s were on the U.S.-South Korea match.
Everybody was so into it. Went bonkers when Mathis scored a goal. Brad Friedel made some awesome saves. The bar let people stick around a little bit after closing time before one of the halves ended. Hardly anyone had left.
It felt cool to watch late night-sports drama even if it was a sport I had never really followed closely.
The next morning I was glued to Univision… watching match after match…
by oc on Jun 25, 2009 3:10 AM CDT up reply actions
I think most college football...
…is only tolerable if you are actually at the games to be able to take in the whole experience. Depending on your seats, baseball can be the same way. I’ve been to a Barcelona game and a Boca Jrs-River Plate game (Argentina) and both were incredible experiences. I’d love to go to an EPL or World Cup game.
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions
One of my best friends is going to S. Africa for study abroad next spring with OU.
She’s going to be there right up until the preliminaries start.
I curse her daily.
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Soccer players are pussies.
Done.
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Is soccer players falling down...
…any more annoying that NBA players complaining about ref’s calls? Or bat flips/chest thumps after saves in baseball? Or sack dances in football?
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions
and getting cleated
on the ankle stings like a bitch for a minute, but it gets better… it’s not an injury, but it’s painful
by kevinkinsler on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Don't watch nba.
Do BB players fall to the ground and roll around crying when they get HBP?
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only dwaydeeee
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Not really
It had to be toned down once it gained more popularity in the US.
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
Both sports are great.
Now NASCAR, don’t get me started.
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I was in Napa this weekend..
..and on Sunday we were going to drive back through Sonoma so that we could stop in Muir Woods and drive the Golden Gate bridge. I’m not sure we even made it into Sonoma County the traffic was so bad. Apparently they have races out there…during my vacation. Eff you Nascar, stop following me.
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Every time I want to go up to Denton for a show during a weekend, there seems to be a Nascar race
conveniently clogging up 35W for me.
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by Maximilian on Jun 25, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah...
…my parents live up in the Lewisville area. The first few years after they put TMS in, we couldn’t leave the house from all the traffic from East of 35E using our main roads to get over to 35W.
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh, that sucks.
The pretty hills, the Bridge, the free wine…I really enjoyed my visits there.
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Trip was fantastic.
More expensive than the last time we went, but we like pricier wine now, so I s’pose that’s to be expected. Wineskins are a fun new invention though.
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Great visit, that's for sure.
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NASCAR was fun when it was still kind of a backwater sport
It’s lost it’s appeal now that they’ve tried to mainstream it.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
I always find it ironic...
…when fans of baseball call another sport boring.
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
To me
The difference is that baseball is methodical and just takes time to unfold, where soccer is fast-paced and yet nothing ever happens.
by brettgardner on Jun 25, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
It'd be more fun
if the field was smaller. Cut it in half, double the scoring.
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
that would probably clog it up too much
but i get your point
by kevinkinsler on Jun 25, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Take one or two players off in proportion to the smaller field.
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
by inactive lsb user on Jun 25, 2009 1:40 AM CDT up reply actions
They should have space behind the net
like hockey. Centering passes would be more exciting.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Hahahahaha.
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
by inactive lsb user on Jun 25, 2009 1:42 AM CDT up reply actions
That is called Indoor Soccer
There is (was?) a league for it: MISL
by NorCalRangersFan on Jun 25, 2009 1:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Hockey players aren't pussies.
Ever see a “yellow card” pulled in an NHL game?
The NHL, particularly live, is wonderful.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Heh
You’re the Blalock of LSB, Donuts. I’m sure that’s not any sort of coincidence.
Your batting average sucks the majority of the time, yet you refuse to compensate for it.
But when you do find the stroke, you can definitely get a hold of one.
Hack away, I suppose.
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
by inactive lsb user on Jun 25, 2009 1:37 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
lol
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jun 25, 2009 7:23 AM CDT up reply actions
I'd say he's more the Gary Matthews Jr.
His greatest skill is overestimating himself.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
hockey in general is wondeful
NHL level or below
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions
What I don't like about hockey and soccer
is it just feels too random for a shot to happen to make it through. Like if baseball were made up completely of solo homeruns.. no real buildup, momentum, minutes long tense situations with the bases loaded or whatever. It just seems like they do the same thing and 1 out of 20 or whatever the goalie happens to not get a hand on it.
Obviously thats oversimplifying and exaggerating, just saying..
the preceding post was a great success.
the buildup for a huge goal is part of the excitment
when the rangers get that on HUGE hit to take a game, i feel the same way
by kevinkinsler on Jun 25, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions
You need to watch Spain and Barcelona more...
…and Fulham less.
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 25, 2009 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
Hmm... sounds like you're watching too much MLS/Mexican League soccer and not enough European soccer.
The game is exceptionally faster and more sensational in terms of play development and execution in the European Leagues than it is in the North American Leagues
by oc on Jun 25, 2009 3:16 AM CDT up reply actions
We use our hands in basketball
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jun 25, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions
yes yes yes
more players = bigger pool = more likely for good players to come out
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on Jun 25, 2009 7:31 AM CDT up reply actions
Confederations Cup
How long has that been going on? I don’t think they had it 10 years ago, if I recall correctly.
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
I got so excited...
…I accidentally included a friend who had taped the game in a mass text. Whoops…
by GhettoBear04 on Jun 24, 2009 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I once played soccer.
I was always jealous of the goalie he just got to stand there. Then if he made one good save he would get all the snacks at the end of the game. Fatass ethan doesn’t need anymore snacks.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Jun 24, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I've played goalie for a 10 years now
6 dislocated fingers. 2 wrist fractures. 2 gashes in the forehead. But I still love it. You can push or blatantly tackle the other player and not get called for a foul.
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
It sounds like you just want to fight.
by brettgardner on Jun 25, 2009 12:01 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Haha
Probably true. A lot of guys that I played with told me they just did it to relieve some pent-up stress by “smacking 1 or 2 around”.
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
Try a speed bag my friend.
It’ll save you from having a fully metallic hand in about another year (at your pace).
by brettgardner on Jun 25, 2009 12:06 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
One time
I seriously f-ed up with a pass and the other team’s forward was right in front of the goal waiting for the ball and I came from the side and tackled his kness (the guy had 6 inches on me). He fell on top of me (screaming to the ref). But he didn’t score. Fun times.
-Angry fan of a First Place Team
Later
I’m off to the world of youtube and old Pink Floyd videos.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
Sounds like somebody needs an iPod.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"If you can't watch Holland and see that he's going to be awesome, you probably shouldn’t be watching baseball."
-Section 339
Or my radio show.
/shameless plug.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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This guy Al in Garland needs to stay off my radio.
He is not bright enough to call every day…he needs to be a 4th caller, and just get time every now and then.
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"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
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