Reason #379 Why I Really Like Tonight's Starter

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 22, 2009 4:23 PM CDT Comment 31 comments

Tommy Hunter

#35 / Pitcher / Texas Rangers

Height: 6-3

Weight: 255

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Jul 03, 1986

He's man enough to have his listed weight as 255 lbs., rather than fudging the numbers like some of these other big players do.

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But, what if 255 is 'fudging it' a little?

Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law

by Keynes on Aug 22, 2009 4:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That reminds me of a story

When I was in law school, a group of us went on a trip to New Orleans.

On the drive there from Houston, as we went through Beaumont, i started talking about what a pit Beaumont was. The girl I was riding with said, “Hey, I’m from Beaumont, you know.”

I said, “If i were from Beaumont, I’d lie about where I was from.”

She said, “Well, actually, I already do. I’m really from Vidor, but I just say I’m from Beaumont because it is better than Vidor.”

It tells you what a craphole Vidor is, when Beaumont represents an upgrade worth lying to claim.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 22, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We played whatever college is in Beaumont

and stopped in Vidor, none of the black dudes would get off the bus.

Didn’t they have some horrible hate crime there within the last 10 yrs?

Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

by Ryin A on Aug 22, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

20 yrs?

Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

by Ryin A on Aug 22, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you're thinking of Jasper

Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law

by Keynes on Aug 22, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I googled "Vidor, TX hate crime"

and first thing I saw was “Vidor, Klan capital of Texas”

Either way, sounds like that place sucks.

Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz

by Ryin A on Aug 22, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

there used to be a clearly displayed sign in Vidor on the main hwy thru town

It said, “N-word, don’t let the sun go down on your ass here”

"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out

by tricer on Aug 22, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

'98

An African American was dragged to death behind a pickup

"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 Aug 22, 2009 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you're the curious sort (like me)

You put Vidor in Google Earth, and you see what appears to be a gigantic craphole, just to the west of Vidor proper.

Vidor Street deadends somewhere within this gigantic craphole.

Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law

by Keynes on Aug 22, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So you changed your name TO Latrine?

Yeah, it used to be Shithouse!

Gracchus (about Obama): I think he knows what America is. America is the mob. Conjure money for them and they'll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they'll roar. The beating heart of America is not the paper of the Constitution, it's the power of the media. He'll bring them debt - and they will love him for it.

by Aquaman56 on Aug 22, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

my uncle went to HS in beaumont and said they were the KKK capital of texas, said his school played them in football and just beat the shit outta vidor

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by studcrackers on Aug 22, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Heh

he’s skinny in the mornings!

"When he came up with that ball, hop or not, he looked exactly like a homeless guy who had found a long cigarette butt – only to discover it was soaked with gasoline. He could not have thrown out anyone there, even though Cust moves at about the speed of soil erosion." - Ed C.

by Chase Irwin on Aug 22, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

My guess is that he is fudging it a little

I weigh 255 and I’m 5 inches shorter than him and a lttle fatter but probly quite a bit less muscle too. Hes at least 270. So not only is he a liar, hes a fat liar.

Good luck tonight fatty. We really need this one.

by Kdavis on Aug 22, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs