Friday a.m. Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 26, 2010 8:24 AM CST
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PrintJeff Wilson has a story on Chris Davis, with the focus on last year's nightmare first half and the improvements Davis made in his approach after being sent down. There's also some talk about Davis and Rudy Jaramillo never "hitting the right chord" together, and about Davis's work this offseason and with Clint Hurdle.
I've said this before, but I think the two key elements to the Ranger offense bouncing back in 2010 are Chris Davis and Josh Hamilton. Both guys went from being great in 2008 to unacceptable in 2009 with the bat, although both clearly have the ability to be a lot better. Given the somewhat cryptic paragraph Wilson has about Davis and Jaramillo in this story, and given that Jaramillo got Josh to change his toe-tap that resulted in him being thrown off all last year, I have to wonder if the Davis and Hamilton failures of 2009 contributed significantly to Rudy not being back this year.
Anthony Andro has a video interview with Davis up at the Foul Territory blog.
T.R. Sullivan has a story up about the Ranger offense needing to improve, with Sullivan listing fewer strikeouts and more steals as key elements.
Sullivan also has some blog notes up from camp, saying, among many other things, that Taylor Teagarden "looks great" (no word on whether Jarrod Saltalamacchia is less filling) and the Mike Lowell trade talks could heat up again.
Jennifer Floyd Engel has a column about Michael Young and his desire to win with the Rangers.
Andro has a short piece up on Marcus Lemon being brought over to the major league camp.
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Weee, it's Friday!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Feb 26, 2010 8:27 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
Good morning, Internet friends!
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
Friday afternoon!
Weekend starts in a couple hours, whoooo!
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
I think he is in england
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 26, 2010 9:15 AM CST up reply actions
It's between France
and Scotland.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
by t ball on Feb 26, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions 6 recs
Nice
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Awesome.
I’m going to read your posts in a Sir Ian McKellen voice from now on.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
I actually saw him at the tube stop near Abbey Road last year.
My friend and I did a double take, but it was definitely him.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
Speaking of funny scenes in Extras...
….the Ian McKellen one was also hilarious.
“It’s Sir Ian, Sir Ian, Sir Ian, ‘YOU SHALL NOT PASS!’ Sir Ian, Sir Ian Sir ian. So you see, I pretend to be that person.”
Mind the gap
effer!!!
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 26, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions
I choose Ian McShane
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
Makes me wish I was having a pint right now.
Gotta love English beer.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
Me too.
When I studied abroad at Oxford, we realized that we drank for more hours than we slept, on average, seven days a week for the entire term.
Believe me, that doesn't change much when you get into the British working world.
The pubs are absolutely packed every day after 5pm.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
A good friend of mine
Joined a running club in Cambridge area and told me the running starts at one pub and runs to the next. He was totally serious.
Hashing?
I believe. Pretty popular over here too.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Yep
I was a member for many years.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Hard to find
good hash around here.
It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard.
- Nolan Ryan
I'm sure he was.
The level of drinking over here makes everyone look like an alcoholic by American standards.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
Hasn't that been a big topic of debate over there recently?
Didn’t they just pass a law that allows the bars to stay open later, because they reasoned that would cut down on all the bing drinking right before last call?
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 9:49 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, the law changed a year or two ago.
Pubs used to close around 11pm, now most will stay open later (but still only like midnight or 1am). The bigger problem is that you can buy alcohol 24/7 from pretty much any convenience shop. There’s one downstairs near my flat and I can get a beer any time of the day or night if I ever feel like it. And people also argue it’s too cheap (6 500ml beers for £5 is the norm at those shops).
The big debate now is how much all the drinking is costing the NHS, since there are quite a few binge drinkers in this country.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
Wait
The bigger problem is that you can buy alcohol 24/7 from pretty much any convenience shop.
That’s a problem? You shut your dirty whore mouth.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
Word.
Can unlimited access to something wonderful like English beer ever really be a “problem”? I think not.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
only user error
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 12:07 PM CST up reply actions
Well, the government sees it as a problem.
I see it as an opportunity for beer for breakfast.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
Is it just beer, or everything?
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 10:04 AM CST up reply actions
Everything.
Beer, liquor, wine, cider. You name it and you want it at 5am…you got it.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
The other thing that's great about England ...
is the great Scotch that’s available over there. Single malt as far as the eye could see.
I really miss England.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
The booze is about the only thing in England worth missing
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
man I'd be drinking wine for breakfast and
just coaaaaaasting through the day; take a few naps
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 12:08 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, a pretty big deal.
They have incredibly high rates of ER visits from binge drinkers, especially with younger kids. It got so bad that some health officials are calling it a national epidemic.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 26, 2010 11:44 AM CST up reply actions
Have you seen this?
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15330799
Van Damn I love the economist.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 3:03 PM CST up reply actions
We visited London about 8 years ago.
We went on a bunch of night walks that were centered around visiting different pubs every half hour or so. It was bliss.
If you go there, do the Jack the Ripper night walk led by the guy that Johnny Depp worked with while prepping for his movie (can’t remember his name, but he knew his stuff). Great story and awesome buzz.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
I've actually been meaning to do that exact thing for awhile.
Gonna wait until it gets warmer though.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
Good call.
We went in March and froze our butts off. The Thames walk that outfit does is also very good. The guy that runs it emigrated over there from Minnesota.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
Best thing...
about being unemployed is everyday is Saturday.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Chet Lemon's career line:
.273/.355/.442/.797 215 HR in 15 Seasons.
Does Marcus have anything like that in him?
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
More grit and better face
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
More like same OBP, less power
Lemon’s career minor league line:
.273/.355/.378
And, realistically, when he gets to the majors, that line may well translate into less avg., less OBP, and less power.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Especially if he can handle SS/2b/3b.
And didn’t they try him in CF in the AZ Fall League?
I remember reading that, I think.
But I tend to faint when reading about my Lemon, so maybe I made it up in my coma dream.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
They did.
He could be a super utility guy if he can handle CF.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
Like Ryan Freel?
(I know, I know, it violates the canons of baseball grit to compare players across races.)
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Plus Marcus would never hang out with Farney.
He’s too busy fending off advanced from the ladies + the Dirkatron due to his dreaminess.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 2:41 PM CST up reply actions
Always been really young for his league, so I don't think you can point to his numbers and make any sort of firm forecast based off 'em.
Catching up tohis league in terms of age combined with his plus-plus dreaminess (which rates a Present 75/Future 80 on the scouting scale) should allow him to continue to improve, imo.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 12:15 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Wait. . .
In his MiLB career, he has the exact same BA and OBP as his father did in the Majors? That’s freaky.
and a lot less games
"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
Sounds about right. .290/.375/.425 or some such.
He’s already got plus dreaminess.
I love Lil’ Lemon.
Unfortunately I think his (awesome) future lies somewhere else, probably after leaving this July as (the most awesome) part of a trade package to snag us an arm (or maybe a bat).
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 12:10 PM CST up reply actions
I've always
been a fan of Chet Steadman myself.
Rusty, the bed was very soft- Clark W. Griswold
by AndrusImpersonator on Feb 26, 2010 9:30 AM CST up reply actions
Little Big League
Well played
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
I was always under the impression that Hamilton requested the change.
Am I completely wrong? I don’t recall hearing that Rudy was the driving force behind that change.
IIRC, it was one of those mutual decisions where Ham wanted to see if there was any way he could improve and Jaramillo told him this was what he needed
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
From an article in the Examiner last April:
Appearing as a guest today on XM Radio’s Power Allley, GM Jon Daniels said that Hamilton decided to alter his swing during Spring Training. According to Daniels, Hamilton eliminated a “toe tap” at the beginning of his swing, which serves as a timing mechanism to start his swing. By making the change, Daniels said Hamilton was seeking “more consistency,” although he added jokingly that he had to ask Hamilton if a change was really necessary….Daniels said that about 10 days into the season, Hamilton approached hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo about returning back to his old swing. Hamilton re-incorporated the toe tap against the Royals, and Daniels feels that his current troubles are the product of adjusting back to his prior swing, prediciting that the old Josh is about to return “in a big way.”
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
One interesting note from TR's blog
There are four media outlets working hard down here: Star-Telegram, Morning News, ESPN Dallas and MLB.Com. Throw in the ever-present Associated Press and this may be the most extensively covered Rangers Spring Training ever.
And to think just a year ago, the DFW media was slashing their Ranger coverage back to the bare bone… amazing what a winning season will do for ya.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Nothing has changed really
ST, DMN, ESPND are nothing but ST/DMN derivations with the same writers moving around like chess pieces and/or sharing content
JFE article was actually not bad this morning.
That really weirds me out for some reason.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
Agreed
She’s actually been insightful and the articles oddly positive and well-written. weird, indeed
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
she's just baiting Grandpa Urine
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
"Sunshine Pump"
was a pretty funny line.
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
x
@shroomball FWST – Rangers Spring training slideshow – http://tinyurl.com/y8nl8uz
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
That pic of Vlad in Ranger blue is really cool to see.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
nice slideshow
of course… Rangers first baseman Chris Davis leads the pack in the second photo.
cause Chris Davis is one of the most important players on this team if we’re are going to make the playoffs
by hurlerhurley on Feb 26, 2010 10:24 PM CST up reply actions
x
@espn_durrett Camp Chat: Luis Mendoza – link
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
He writes for ESPN
what do you expect? I think he’s actually doing a pretty decent job of balancing fluff with stuff over there.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Is Jim Reeves writing for ESPN Dallas now?
I thought he’d started receiving his pension from the Startlegram, and was looking forward to his retirement from sports journalism.
He jumped over immediately
So yes.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
This fills me with rage.
Not quite to a dirkatron-hate-for-Evan-Grant level, but close.
Guard your babies and puppies.
Catcher. Who is everyone rooting for?
I’d like to see Salty find it this year, but I have little confidence that he can. Tea has some question marks as well, but for some reason I tend to have more faith that he can put it all together and be a good ML backstop. I guess I’m rooting for him but I’ll be thrilled if either one of them has a breakout season this year.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
Salty
I think we all have come to the realization that TT doesn’t appear to have the hitting chops to be an above average catcher at the big league level.
On the other hand, I feel like Salty certainly has the tools and just needs to avoid the injury bug that has plagued him recently. I’m going with Salty because I love the upside!
Honestly
im rooting for Teagarden as well. I think he could be a Charles Johnson type catcher but i am biased because of playing against him when I was HS.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 26, 2010 9:18 AM CST up reply actions
Teagarden makes less contact up there than a one-armed street bum with a toothpick
But hey, if Rod Barajas can still somehow be considered a starting caliber catcher, who knows, maybe Tea has a shot…
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
For the record though, I'm not really rooting for Salty anymore, either.
Just whichever one fails less. Because the bottom line is they both suck, at least unless Salty can prove his 2008 plate discipline wasn’t a fluke.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Teagarden.
But really don’t care as long as one of them steps up.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
Agreed
Tie goes to the local guy.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 9:53 AM CST up reply actions
I'm torn for two reasons
1) I think Salty is the better all-around player if he figures it out.
2) Tea’s a local guy and I’d love to see him stick with the Rangers, but his bat is really prohibitive.
I’m stickin’ with Salty with Tea as the backup.
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I'm rooting for whomever can hit over .200
by FuturePants on Feb 26, 2010 9:23 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Seconded
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Without the use of a Penthouse magazine.
Or with, actually.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 10:30 AM CST up reply actions
I am not rooting specifically for either
but if either is better than say, Rod Barajas, it will be a nice plus to the team.
"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
I'd say Salty if
he can ever live up to the hype that originally surrounded him (i.e. a catcher with 1B power hitting). But at this point I’m just rooting for whoever will suck less.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
Salty
TT is older, and I feel like we’ve seen what is more or less his peak. Salty has much higher potential upside, and though his offense hasn’t yet lived up to the hype, he improved in the defense that was lacking previously and nobody really counted on him improving. Barring lasting effects from this TOS surgery / recurring shoulder problems, I think Salty will be much more exciting to watch at the plate and behind it in a few years.
That's BULLSHIT
HORSESHIT too…
Salty is a not better than TT.
You want to the real truth. We fucked up by getting rid of Gerald Laird.
by hurlerhurley on Feb 26, 2010 10:30 PM CST up reply actions
I think it's win/win for me
as long as one does a decent job; I don’t mind who it is
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:00 PM CST up reply actions
I'm already down as Tea being my man.
ALL ABOARD the bandwagon. I’m leading it up with BigGuns as my second mate.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
* Brandon McCarthy, by all accounts, is throwing the ball extremely well in camp now that he is healthy and has changed his mechanics.
* Mitch Moreland’s bat speed is opening some eyes.
Moreland – be average in the OF and you might make it in This Thing.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
Fixed
Moreland – be average in the OF and you just might make it in This Thing. free us from the David Murphy era.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
After LSJ rant yesterday against intangibles and fans who support them and now his resurrecting his anti-Murphy stance
I think I’ve figured out LSJ’s problem – he doesn’t have the good face, nor is he gritty. Thus, he’s jealous of all who have it.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Actually, if I where a baseball player, I'd probably be the epitome of everything I hate
I’m super-white, I have no power whatsoever, I’m not very patient, I don’t have a great arm and my one redeeming quality might be that I’m fairly quick and I run really hard down the first base line.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
So basically your problem is you hate yourself?
by JimBonnick84 on Feb 26, 2010 9:50 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
underrated comment.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Feb 26, 2010 5:33 PM CST up reply actions
who doesn't
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:05 PM CST up reply actions
Why on earth
does the team need to be freed from having a quality 4th outfielder?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Hate: The New Currency
Coming soon to an Internet near you.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Feb 26, 2010 9:41 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Actually
Murphy really isn’t the ideal 4th OF for this team, despite the fact that he’s a quality one. Too left-handed, and he can’t play CF.
I look at him as more of a super-backup to Vlad/Hamilton this year than I do a true 4th OF, and I hope one day we have enough better options and depth in the DH/COF department that we can trade him and his stupid girly-swing.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
by LSJ on Feb 26, 2010 9:41 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
You're nuts
Murphy provides league average offense, and plays good defense in LF in a park where that’s important. And the team has Borbon in CF, Cruz in RF, Hamilton in LF, and really any of those 4 guys could play CF in a pinch.
You excel in looking for problems where they don’t exist. You have some analytical skills but you routinely misuse them in misguided attempts to malign whichever player you’re feeling hate for on a given day.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
by t ball on Feb 26, 2010 9:50 AM CST up reply actions 6 recs
This team might have problems...
but David Murphy being the 4th outfielder doesn’t crack the top 10.
as long as he doesn't end up being the 3rd OFer
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
LF
it’s obvious we have a problem in LF. I’m not sure i have much faith in left field right now
by hurlerhurley on Feb 26, 2010 10:38 PM CST up reply actions
Well, you've pretty much got me red-handed there.
I’m hoping Murphy becomes redundant in the future, I won’t deny that. But if that actually happens, I don’t see how it would be a bad thing.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Well, LSJ is consistent in his hate.
I sometimes wonder if LSJ hates gritty players even more than the rest of society hates child molesters. If I was betting, I’d probably go with the over.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
Once LSJ chooses an issue he beats it into submission
Almost Wails-like in his repetition.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
I'd say he's more BrettGardner-like
than Josey. Josey does it in a very annoying way. LSJ just states his facts and does it with a singing touch
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
that's singe as in burning
not singing; I’d never see LSJ singing his anger
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:09 PM CST up reply actions
Which opinion is it that I'm repetitive with?
by brettgardner on Feb 26, 2010 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
First let me apologize for being so pissy the other day
not how I want my 2010 to be, especially with fellow fans.
Second, if you’ll notice, I am saying you state your facts with authority, not repetition.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 2:46 PM CST up reply actions
We can all learn something from BG and Walt's exchange....
Good job boys.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Feb 26, 2010 5:35 PM CST up reply actions
I have to say
There’s something so noble about a genuine apology (whether or not it is required—which it probably wasn’t here) that I’ll have a hard time ever even arguing with him again. It means a lot to me.
by brettgardner on Feb 26, 2010 10:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Well
Child molesters aren’t in your face annoying you 162 times a year, now are they.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Depends on
how old you are…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Molestation is NOT funny.
Unless the pedo is dressed as a clown.
It’s Advil and beef in the Texas Rangers, you yankee bastard.
- Nolan Ryan
Or PedoKnox?
"Josey drives to games???
I always assumed he rides in on his high horse"
jam0152
Martin Perez, "Mucho queso"
I only hate gritty players if they get overrated.
Though I’ve never hated David Murphy, even when he was overrated in these parts.
I've quite often hate the way he's been used, and I occasionally have trouble keeping those things separate.
I’m pretty sure this is LSJ’s problem with the Murph, too, and that he’s let it bleed over.
But I could be wrong about that.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
Every season
LSJ picks out one Ranger to rail against, without fail.
First it was Laird (can’t really begrudge him on that one, but still part of the pattern) then it was Byrd, and now it’s Murphy. Only pattern I can discern is they’re all occasionally over-used by Wash, and occasionally get/got a lot of love from the media. I get that those factors are annoying, but LSJ must be more sensitive to it than most for some reason.
by JimBonnick84 on Feb 26, 2010 10:06 AM CST up reply actions
It's just a personality flaw
Well, a couple, really.
For one thing, I have a tendency to pick random insignificant things out of any larger picture and obsess over them. This tends to apply to pretty much anything I do, positive or negative. I’ve been told I have a “problem constructing the big picture because I’m too busy ironing out the details”.
Secondly, I like to bitch. I think everyone does, to a certain extent. I do it more in a sort of private/random and abstract sense than in an outwardly finicky/picky sense, but I can find something to bitch about in almost anything.
It’s just how my brain works for whatever reason, and what you get here on LSB is usually raw and uncensored spur-of-the-moment LSJ.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
is this a 3rd person reference to himself in his own post?
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
For the record
Murphy has always been above average offensively. Put him in a bench role where you protect him against lefties, and he’s well above average offensively.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I was just going by
the wOBA, he’s been right about average the last two seasons.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I was just trying to LSJ to respond
I’m not really that picky over a few wOBA points.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Murphy's Defense
is very average, which is fairly odd concerning his speed.
Really, a good 4th OF to have, but that’s about it.
"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
if your DH isn't done in the field
or you’ve got a Boggs-type on the roster, Murphy’s a perfect fit on this team
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
Once upon a time calling him a 4th OF and about it would bring pitchforks and torches to your door here.
He’s pretty much just a league average player. That’s great to have as your 4th OF. Hell, if we ever win a World Series, I’ll bet we have at least one average (or worse) season in our starting lineup.
Murphy would be a starter on other teams
but the Rangers have 2 big power bats for the COF spot and a good, young prospect for CF. Ideally, you want that kind of depth to push a guy like Murphy into a 4th OF role. He’s the kind of quality role player playoff caliber teams have coming off the bench and filling in for injuries.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Speaking of other teams
Think the Mariners wouldn’t die to have him in left field for them? Or the A’s?
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Speaking of Seattle
How many DH’s do they need?
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Between Griffey and Bradley
I’d say at least 3
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Eh.
They have the relatively highly rated prospect Michael Saunders who will probably play there when Bradley’s not playing there this year. Granted, he had a sub-600 OPS in 122 AB last year with the Mariners, but he also hit 310/.378/.544 at AAA.
Plus Ackley could still end up there, though they are trying him out at 2B right now. They’re saying he may be up by the end of the year! Craziness…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 26, 2010 4:03 PM CST up reply actions
On teams with
a bad 3rd OF.
"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
I thought I heard his bat speed was slow and thus a reason he might not hit in the majors?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
x
@JeffWilson_FWST Josh Hamilton planning to participate in all drills today.
"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.
Well, it is spring training
most of the stories are non-stories.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Except for those pieces on offseason workout routines, that's important info
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
balls to the wall!
wooooooot!
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I went to that concert, waaaay back when
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
So the Jeff Wilson
article on Chris Davis today mentions something about his struggles and “an elephant in the room” that nobody wanted to talk about.
Interesting observation.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I dont have any
but when i buy my first house, getting a dog will be the next thing i do. What kind of dogs do you have?
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 26, 2010 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
My dog...
is a border collie named Zeus. My wife wanted a little lap dog so we got a dachshund and she named him Caesar.
I love ‘em both, but damn are border collies smart. Dachshunds not so much. They’re pretty damn fun.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I've got two dachsunds back in the States.
I love ‘em both to death, but I swear they’re dumb as bricks.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
They are notoriously hard to house train, too
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
Can you train them
for dogfighting? I definitely would pay to see dachsund dogfighting.
"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
Redneck characteristics...
Rips on sports columnists or writers that he doesn’t read.
Will bag on The Beatles and burn their records without listening to their music.
Likes dogfighting.
When it looks like dogshit, feels like dogshit and smells like dogshit …it’s probably dogshit.
It’s Friday, Cahill. Time to play Hide the Sausage with Sissy!!!
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
Who gives a shit what Josey says.............................
by Lil' Jonny Donuts on Feb 26, 2010 7:18 PM CST up reply actions
STFU Josey
you have never liked Chris Davis
by hurlerhurley on Feb 26, 2010 10:45 PM CST up reply actions
Have 5 more drinks
tonight.
Why not?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Feb 27, 2010 12:02 AM CST up reply actions
Josey
Who gives a shit what Josey says.............................
by Lil' Jonny Donuts on Feb 27, 2010 8:29 AM CST up reply actions
lol nice lil jonny
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Haha
my parents just got two mini dachshunds. They are actually fun to play with and incredibly active. I agree on the intelligence part ha. Border collie is in play as one of my first dogs. Im thinking border collie, lab, or great dane.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 26, 2010 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
Border collies...
make sure you have a big yard. I’ve got a huge ass yard and he just wants to run all over it. All day everyday. It helps if you’re active too because then you can take him on runs. Mine loves that more than anything.
Dachshunds are quirky, funny little bastards. They’re not bright at all and piss everywhere. Mine still pees in the house sometimes and he’s 5. It’s just the breed. They certainly are loveable little shits though.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Good advice
one of the reasons i refuse to get a dog until i have a house. I run about 35-40 miles a week so the activity wont be an issue haha.
Yeah i love my parents’ dogs. They are siblings and those little bastards gang up on my parent’s cat and other dog so much. It is very entertaining. They love attention too.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
by Michael Cave on Feb 26, 2010 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
I don't run my border collie nearly enough
And our yard isn’t as big as it should be. But I haven’t seen too much of an adverse reaction from our border collie about it. She channels her energy into barking at people she doesn’t know, which can get a little annoying.
I had no idea that border collies were so territorial, but it’s good sometimes and bad others.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
training
they needs lots of training too. If there is a smarter dog on the planet, I don’t know what it is, sometimes border collies have behavior issues because they too smart and get bored.
feed their intelligence, and you’ll have the best damn dog you could possibly imagine.
by elvis1isking on Feb 26, 2010 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
that's how Bostons seem to be too
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:14 PM CST up reply actions
I know most dog behavior discussions usueally place the intelligence of border collies on a tier all its own .
And it’s pretty apparent when you spend a lot of time around them. The way they go about their lives is sometimes spooky. You don’t expect some of those comprehension and reasoning skills from an animal.
We've had border collies as I was growing up.
Awesome dogs. Awesome. I have trouble understanding how someone could want a dog and not want to give it the attention a border collie wants, so it’s never been an issue to me.
I just can’t handle dogs anymore that aren’t oozing the intelligence and personality that comes out of border collies. Some of their act, particularly the tricks you don’t expect from a dog and the “punishments,” can be frustrating, but they also make life more interesting than it would be with a dog that just wags its tail and gives you a blank smile when you come home.
That's my fear...
that I won’t be able to tolerate another dog. My dachshund drives me nuts sometimes. He barely knows his own name and eats shit, literally.
My border collie will do anything I ask of him. He listens better than my wife and daughter. He can open certain doors in a house, latches on gates, can walk on his hind legs, the list goes on. I’ve never seen a dog so smart. He’s the first one I’ve had and I honestly didn’t know what I was getting when I first got him 6 years ago. It has been great except the chewing thing when he was a puppy.
I don’t have any problem giving him the attention he needs most of the time either. He deserves it.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
100% Disagree
There is a reason that the word “bitch” has a negative connotation. If you’re only going to get one dog, it doesn’t really matter. If you ever add a second dog, two males will get along better than anything else. If you get two puppies at the same time, they’ll develop the pecking order and you won’t have issues, so male/female isn’t as big an issue.
Other advise: If you’re going to get an “active” dog, get 2. While you’re at work, a labrador puppy (for example) will spend all day looking for what to chew up next. We got our lab a friend, and the problem went away.
by Oracle Galvez on Feb 26, 2010 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
It may be the breed. I dunno.
But I have always had a problem with males marking their territory. I also think it is easier to house train a female. IMHO.
Vladimir Guererro - 2010 AL MVP
Hmmm... I've had no problems with any of the female dogs I've had in my life.
My female Tibetan Terrier gets along great with my sis’ male Yellow Lab.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Mine isn't.
He’s a good, sweet dog and he’s great around my boys, but he’s as simple as they come.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
increadibly loyal
dogs. My Golden Lab passed 9 years ago, and not a day goes by that I don’t think about him.
He was a great, great dog.
by elvis1isking on Feb 26, 2010 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
have you seen this?
Fuckin incredible.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
I like how they say "there's something different about this 9 year old dog."
I don’t think any border collie owner thinks any of this is different. I didn’t even know “fast mapping” was a name or something unusual.
I also like how they say "more looks than brains" when showing poodles.
Who are, in fact, an incredibly smart breed.
200...
objects is crazy. I’d say mine knows about 20 – 25. Which I still think is pretty damn good.
Also, whenever I see a video of a border collie they are usually that black and white. I see a lot of them in those dog skill shows on Animal Planet, et al. Some of the tricks they do are amazing. My border collie is chocolate and white. I guess that makes him a little unique as well.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I have a border collie and what is basically a miniature golden retriever.
The border collie runs our house, and sometimes drives me a little crazy. She is very demanding when she wants something, but is a great guard dog.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
I have two as well
A beagle, who I love, but wouldn’t recommend because their entire lives are spent in search of food. He’s obsessed and it completely owns him.
I also have a lab mutt I got at the pound and getting him was literally one of the top five decisions I’ve made in my life. If I could clone him I would. Completely loyal, great with kiddos and a good guard dog.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Feb 26, 2010 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
I had a lab mix mutt that was like that.
He died last Fall. Best dog I ever had. Loyal, loving, protective, fun and would find a gun and shoot himself before having an accident in the house. Also the smartest and most trainable dog I ever had. His only flaw was that the sound of a shotgun terrified him so I couldn’t make him a bird dog. In his prime he weighed in at 105 and could just about leap over a six foot fence.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
I'll buy my second when I move from a condo to a house
right now I have a Boston Terrier – the perfect condo dog. I will probably get a Siberian Husky next.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:12 PM CST up reply actions
Do you live in Texas?
Get ready for a shitton of shedding, if you do. My roommate in college had a husky, and that thing blew out its undercoat at least five times a year. It was impossible to keep its hair under control.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 1:22 PM CST up reply actions
I had one in college
had to get rid of him because the guy that owned the house didn’t like to run the A/C and he was miserable…plus he was bored without a fellow dog-friend
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:33 PM CST up reply actions
Chi-wienie. They're the way to go.
I have a long hair chihuahua and wiener dog mix. (He’s in my avatar)
I hate small dogs and he came with the wife, but he’s the shit. Wouldn’t trade him for anything. Not too bad to house train, although as a puppy, anytime he got excited he would pee a little. Lil guy just can’t control it.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
We have 3 now
because my wife couldn’t help but bring the stray home that was at her work for a couple of days. The third dog makes a huge difference.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions
what breeds?
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
I grew up with Boxers
We had two during my youth and I thought I would never own another breed!! They were amazing. Fun, active, protective and LOVED to wrestle with you. My parents still have our second one and he is such an awesome dog! When I got married, i finailly convinced my wife it was time to get a dog and she surprised me with a golden retriever pup. I am now sold on the breed and am pretty sure I have the best dog that exists. She is extremely intelligent, more sensitive than my wife (which is near impossible) and loves to play. If i had the money to train her, she would be the best bird dog ever. That nose never stops. The one downfall is her shedding so much. It can be really bad at the change of season but everything else about her is worth it ten fold. And she is AMAZING with kids. My next dog will be a boxer but will always have at least one of the two breeds
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
I love boxers too
My wife is a vet tech, though, and talked me out of getting one. Lots of health issues. She said the normal life expectancy is only 8 years.
Did you have many problems with yours?
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
Boxers are beautiful dogs.
Hate to hear about health problems. I always thought I’d get one some day.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
Not really. Our first one had "mainge"
but really didnt effect him healwise. Just in the summer he would lose some hair but it wasnt a very sever case. He was 13 when he died. Eventually got brain tumors and would have seizures but other than that he was always extremely healthy.
The one they have now, has never once had health problems. I think he had some dental work done but that was more preference by my parents and my moms brother being a vet.
So unless we were just lucky, i think the risk of health problems is always there for a large breed dog but we have never had issues. They are amazing dogs and really a lot of fun!!!
Elvis has "shook up" Arlington!!
My wife is also a vet tech
She can point to any large breed and give a list of health problems. She calls boxers “tumor magnets” (pronouncing “tumor” like Arnold… “It’s Not a Tooma”. If you want any kind of large dog, you just have to accept that you’re looking at a life expectancy of around 10 years. I wouldn’t take boxers off the list of dogs to consider.
by Oracle Galvez on Feb 26, 2010 1:19 PM CST up reply actions
boxers seem like a larger version of Bostons
and cool as hell
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:17 PM CST up reply actions
I've got a black lab
2 years old. He’s my best friend in the world.
by Conjunction on Feb 26, 2010 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
Also See: Homer
my black lab and best friend in the world (pic on the right, after a good fetchin’).
There’s also Foxy, a shepherd mix. She’s alright.
But HOMER! Lemme tell ya….
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
lemme from laverne and shirley?
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
I had a black flat-coated retriever in college, but he got too big for me to keep him.
He lives out on my parents’ land in Granbury with their horses. He looks exactly like a black golden retriever. Best dog in the world.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 10:35 AM CST up reply actions
Two for us.
An English bulldog and a golden retriever-ish mutt.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
I'd love to have a bulldog...
but I’m afraid of the up keep and my wife won’t do drooling.
How often do you need to clean out those wrinkles?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
As much as you can, but it’s pretty easy to do. Mine have all been females and they haven’t slobbered much. If it’s hot outside though, be ready to dry them off when they come in because they love to cool themselves off my splashing around in the water bowl.
"Ok, post your favorite moment of the Tom Hicks era
Mine is today when he sold the team." - t ball
My little mutt doesn't enjoy watching baseball w/ me
I’m thinking the profanity-laced yelling might have something to do with it.
Other than tha, he’s perfect. A stinkin genius he is.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 11:11 AM CST up reply actions
yeah my dog attacks friends when we're watching a game and start clapping or yelling
it can be funny, but also annoying
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:19 PM CST up reply actions
I had a cat...
… that would bite ankles at a party whenever someone talked too loud.
by Oracle Galvez on Feb 26, 2010 1:21 PM CST up reply actions
ours likes to sit up on his perch and slap people on the head
he’s an evil lil bastard
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I used to have one
which liked to chew on the hair of people sitting on the couch. (we had a stairway just behind the couch)
First time it happened to someone they would jump like 5 feet in the air…
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I had one that would kick a whiffleball back to me with his paws
Just like playing catch, we’d go back and forth knocking it on the carpet from 5 feet away.
My 14 lb mutt does that now with tennis balls .
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 7:16 PM CST up reply actions
Ours plays fetch
he’ll bring a toy and i’ll throw it and he brings it back and drops it in front of me.
Actually this cat plays fetch better than any dog i’ve ever had it’s weird.
The dogs never wanted to drop the ball.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
That's pretty cool
Coupled with the other story, your cat sounds undeniably awesome.
My favorite cat of the one I have now goes on walks with me and the dog. Always has. People always go, “Hey you got a cat following you.”
“I know. That’s my cat.”
(Chuckle)
“He likes going on walks, too.”
(Much more laughter)
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 10:28 PM CST up reply actions
oh wow that's really cool..
I’ve never heard of someone walking their cat lol
I’d be afraid it would run off or another dog would come along and eat it.
the new friskies avatarish cat on LSD commercial is really cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q4JLsNtDsM
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Just one dog.
A Yorkie named Jackson Daniels. My wife had always wanted one and got one the summer before we got married…I got to pick the name. =)
I’m going to pick the next dog, but as it will be bigger, we’re waiting until we move. So probably a few more years. I’ve been really interested in an American Eskimo, but I’m not sure since we’ll still be in Texas for a couple years after that.
Any other recommendations for mid-sized (20-45 lbs) dogs?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 26, 2010 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
One word: rescue
Everything else is secondary.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 12:51 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
+1
Each breed has a rescue organization, so you can still get what you want. If you’re looking for a mutt (nice choice), you can get them anywhere.
Who wants a puppy anyway?!?! I’ll never have another puppy. Give me the two year old that has been abandoned because they aren’t cute enough anymore. As much fun as puppies are, they are unbelievably destructive.
by Oracle Galvez on Feb 26, 2010 1:26 PM CST up reply actions
Couldn't agree more Mr Thomas
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Feb 26, 2010 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
You’re the elephant in the room nobody should talk to.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Let yourself heal.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
But Wilson failed to
give a clearer picture of how Davis really did in Part 2.
He’s not gonna help this team if he walks 7 times per 140 plate appearances like he did upon his return.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Feb 26, 2010 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
.219/.269/.419 (OPS .688)
The numbers of Chris Davis on the morning of September 25.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Feb 26, 2010 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
I got up
at 6:10 this morning.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
I love this new way of dealing with Josey
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:20 PM CST up reply actions
I never really went to sleep for more than an hour.
Baby is teething. Kill me.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
Been there, done that
Got the fucking stains on my tee shirt.
shudder….
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
83-69
The Rangers record on the morning of September 25. 14 games over .500
17-6 with an ERA of 3.90 That was Scott Feldman’s numbers on the morning of the 25th.
9-4 with an ERA of 3.67 That was Tommy Hunter’s numbers on the morning of the 25th.
What the hell should we care? STFU!!!!
Here, something to get you to school:
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
by iblum on Feb 26, 2010 10:34 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
But Wilson underscores the fact
that the Davis presence on the team was indeed a problem.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Feb 26, 2010 10:36 AM CST up reply actions
And then we have The Mensa
explaining that Davis was on the team in June because of his “defense.”
Nevermind the fact that we had one of our least productive months in the history of the franchise in June.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Feb 26, 2010 10:37 AM CST up reply actions
If the Rangers demoted everyone
who hit worse in June than Davis (he hit .220)
they would have had a roster of Murphy, Kinsler, Young, Byrd, Salty, and Andrus.
assuming they dropped davis too, that leave 3 holes in the lineup (first base, dh, and outfield, along with no bench)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
RTFM (article in this case not manual)
Wilson mentioned that the problem was with Davis before he was sent down. He also mentioned that the team waited to send him down because of his defense. And that Blalock’s struggles triggered Davis’ return. And that Davis hit over .300 after his return (not sure about that though)
Things Wilson didn’t mention: infield hits in september. Hitting before or after September 25th, or Josey Wales being an idiot. One of the things he didn’t mention is relavent.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Hey man I rode one of those...
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:22 PM CST up reply actions
That's what she said
Who gives a shit what Josey says.............................
by Lil' Jonny Donuts on Feb 26, 2010 8:01 PM CST up reply actions
AJM
Can you bring back the Josey policy re: Chris Davis?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Feb 26, 2010 10:38 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Right now
I’m about ready to use the ignore script not on Josey, but on iblum and ASL.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I didn't even argue with him today
so sit on it and spin on it…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
For me, it doesn't really matter anymore
If its not them, it will be someone else. When they get tired of responding, someone else will start.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
ignore them and they'll go away
a scab gets worse if you pick at it
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
why? because I respond to Josey.
awwwww…. you guys are no fun. Stamping out stupidity is a lot more fun than talking about dogs or english beer. (not that english beer is bad. I can drink the hell out of it, I just don’t need to talk about it.)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
then don't read them
by all means, feel free to skip right over them and talk about something else. I pray its baseball related, but sock puppets and which is the best brand of shaving cream is ok too.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I loved Lamb Chop growing up
And it’s Edge Pro-Gel
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
Lamb chop wore me the f--- out, I hated that crap
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Oh, I skimmed through your exchange with the Outlaw as quickly as possible.
But there’s stuff worth reading in most threads here, and I generally enjoy reading that stuff. So please, spare me the instructions on what to read (and post) and what not to.
You have something against sock puppets?
I’m not trying to tell you what to do. I was giving you an invitation to ignore me. If I were going to tell you what to do, it would be to respond and join the conversation. Hell, say I’m an idiot. Or say I’m wrong. or right. or whatever. Talk bloody baseball.
Just to scatter on in another direction, my morning drive has become channel surfing as no one will talk sports any more. The Fan has become more like the View. The Ticket is just wretched, and Mike and Mike in the morning occasionally talks sports when they aren’t kissing somone’s ass.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
What's wrong...
with talking about dogs or anything else?
I’d rather do that then have the same old tired discussion with Ass Antlers everyday.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Dogs are a sore subject with me.
a) I’m a cat person.
b) my mother breeds and shows Pekingese. You will be hard pressed to find a more annoying waste of oxygen. (Yes, worse than Wales). And she has like 15 or so of them.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I love dogs AND cats..
It’s just sooo nice not to have to worry about running home to walk a dog or feeling guilty that your dog is waiting for you when you’re at work or out and about. With a cat they could care less most of the time especially if they have a friend to play with.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Cats
Cats are the lords of their domain. If you don’t feed them, they will tell you. If you don’t clean up after them, they will tell you. If they have decided that now is the time for you to pet them, then you will pet them now and for as long as they decide that you will pet them. When they are done, they get up and walk away. Its awesome…..
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Too Bigot To quit does not approve this message
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 11:16 AM CST up reply actions
Can't go a day without taking a swipe at me.
I’m flattered by my influence on you.
Dumbass.
by TooLegitToQuit on Feb 26, 2010 1:49 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Count of Monte Cristo?
I thought that was Dumas (pronounced Doomaah)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
oh yeh and also if you live in a really cold climate...
like NYC or Chicago, getting up early when it’s cold as F out to walk your dog, sucks pretty bad too.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
No no
we need to rehash the CJ wilson story and pick apart the 25th man scenario for another 700 comments or so
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
No joke
There is nothing to talk about. Here, let me quickly cover my opinion on everything baseball related that has been talked about 1400 times in the last month.
Vlad in the OF- no
C.J. in the rotation- no
Arias as the 25th man- no, but resigned to it happening
Ron Washington as manager- shaky, not sure who is the better option
Davis at 1B- yes, until he proves for sure he can’t handle it
Okay, I talked me some baseball today…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
What?
No panic over Hamilton’s shoulder? Holland’s knee? Durretts strained Tongue? Evan Grant’s strained pen?
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Sorry
Hamilton’s shoulder- fine
Holland’s knee- fine
Durrett- don’t read him
Evan Grant- not bad
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
Speaking of the C J Wilson story
Have they played any intersquad games? Any word on how C J is being stretched in throwing sessions? Its hard to imagine that a guy who hasn’t started a game since 2005 is going to jump back into the rotation.
The whole thing with these Kenny Rogers comparisons is that Rogers was a reliever when drafted (though I think it was more of that whole tandem starter thing the Rangers were doing at their lowest levels) and then became a starter but was only a reliever for 4 years (and still started 9 games over that span). Wilson, OTOH was a starter when drafted and became a full time reliever during the 2005 season and has not started a game since.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
And a bad starter at that
I worked at Frisco that year and it was painful when he started. Any game he started was going to take over 3.5 hours, guaranteed. He averaged allowing around 13 baserunners a game.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
I believe that one of the topics referenced
in the morning thread was the Wilson article on noneother than Chris Davis.
Props to all the dog talk. I was out of pocket for 5 hours or so.
Continue the plan of the day.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
I bet you like dogs.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I love dogs.
And pie.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"The Influence continues." Josey Wales (1/18/10)
by Josey Wales on Feb 26, 2010 3:44 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I'll be goddamned Josey.
That’s the funniest things I’ve ever seen you post.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
And I wondered
Why I hated you so much.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Josey's dog.
Who gives a shit what Josey says.............................
by Lil' Jonny Donuts on Feb 26, 2010 8:04 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
x
* Elvis Andrus has taken charge of the music in the clubhouse.
Chacarron must be blasting in the clubhouse everyday….
Matt (Denver, CO): Congratulations, I heard you won a gold glove!
Klaw (1:18 PM) : Thanks, I had a great year at the plate!
Ehby bleh ahh ughh
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Never seen that.
Is that guy retarded?
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
the PR term is
“a ratard”
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
I always thought he was referring to "ritard."
Like the musical term.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
what an awesome song
we have an annual “Awards” for our group of friends, and I think it’s a strong possibility to win “Song of the Year”
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
OT: I found this hilarious!
from the Newberg
Philadelphia signed outfielder Brad Wilkerson to a minor league deal – without an invite to big league camp.
I always liked these signings
Its kinda like saying, “here, have a try out, we’re betting you might make our A-ball team. Do well, we may even send you to AA”.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
i figured 2 reasons for letting rudy walk
results aren’t that good anymore
salary demands are too high
LOL
I likey.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
He doesn't hit left-handed...
by TooLegitToQuit on Feb 26, 2010 1:51 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
needed to reverse his picture
to fit the a-team picture in there. the a-team picture was flat on the left side. needed it on left
Sullivan:
They scored 117 less runs than the year before and still won eight more games. That’s the plan again this year.
That would be interesting to watch.
If the Rangers score 667 runs in 2010
and win 95 games, I’ll feed my Pete Incaviglia replica jersey to my parakeet.
If the Rangers score 667 runs and win 95, we may have channeled the early 90's Braves
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Somehow
I don’t see them winning 95 games while only scoring 667 runs. Oakland or Seattle could do that, but I don’t see us doing that.
The only teams last year who finished over .500 scoring that few runs were Seattle (85) and San Francisco (88).
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
I think they meant winning eight more games this year
am I speaking the obvious?
yes. but it’s a Friday and my brain is almost in the “off” position for the weekend
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:27 PM CST up reply actions
They found Andrew Koenig's body in a park today...
R.I.P. Boner.
Growing Pains is probably my favorite “Family Sitcom” of all-time.
yeh Stanley Park in Vancouver.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
hey cmkelly29
I see Stamford has gotten 36" of snow, is it as bad in Milford?
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
That can't be right... 3 feet in a day? Do you mean this season?
If so, that still seems slightly high.
We’ve probably gotten a solid 25+ inches this season. It hasn’t been anything terrible.
oh ok i saw 36" for stamford as i was walking by the tv..
that must be the years totals, although when I lived in the Buffalo area we’d get 36" pretty quickly at times.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
yes I am in Cali. now...
but I was in Milford last month and it snowed quite a bit. Sometime I drive through Milford to go over that bridge and work out at that Ballys in Stratford. Barnum something..address
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
well I spent xmas in NYC...
and I was just in the area for work stuff. It snowed so much I wasn’t really able to get much done but I enjoyed my stay in the charming Milford area.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
seasons* total rather
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
That's awful.
I was reading about the search.
I hope it wasn’t anything self-inflicted.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Feb 26, 2010 11:29 AM CST up reply actions
I heard earlier that it was
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
They've also
been saying the things about seemed depressed and was giving things away. The giving things away is usually a major foreshawoder of suicide…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 12:02 PM CST up reply actions
If you are a child actor
and you play a character named “Boner” my guess is you have zero chance at a normal adult life.
"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
well Rich Harden has a normal adult life.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
So, he overcame the Canadian?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
ok semi-normal :)
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Shouldn't you be able to turn parents in to
Child Protective Services for naming kids Richard or Dick?
"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
LOL
My youngest brother is named Richard Edward- and yeah, it took me and my other brother about five minutes to figure out that calling him “Dick Ed” was highly amusing.
We also used to call him “Catherine Elizabeth,” as my parents thought he was going to be born a girl, and hadn’t bothered picking out a boys’ name until after his birth. Then they made the mistake of telling us the girl’s name they’d picked out originally.
Good times.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
heh reminds me of that old Johnny Cash song .. A boy named Sue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n—1wR4L7zg
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
abnormal can be good or bad
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:28 PM CST up reply actions
When talking about brains....
normal is good, Abby normal, not so much:
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
great movie
“Young Dr. Frankestein”
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
At least we still have Kirk Cameron around to melt our faces with his awesome movies.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 12:32 PM CST up reply actions
I came up with a few good Boner jokes on my own...
1. They found Boner today.. in a bush.
2. If Boner has been hiding in some sweatpants, we would have known where he was the whole time.
3. Boner died early? Sounds like my Friday night.
Boner died the same way mine usually do: By his own hand.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 5 recs
Hahahaha!
I needed that, now…back to workie.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Boner found limp?
wait it’s too early for Boner jokes, I take that back!
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Boner?
I don’t even know her.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Wow
One of my best friends was a dead ringer for Boner. So much so that when i wasn’t calling him Chachi, he was boner.
This morning I see “RIP Boner” on my facebook wall from him. That’s it. So I do a wall to wall and my last post to him was telling him that I was in town for my grandma’s funeral. A month ago.
I’m thinking, a litlle tardy and a little terse. Why even bother?
Eureka.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 12:58 PM CST up reply actions
Dead ringer
did you mean to do that?
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
No Terry
Most of us don’t have the punnybones you do…
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 3:14 PM CST up reply actions
Does anybody think that killer whale...
who killed that woman should be put down? I don’t.
It’s a killer whale, he do what he do.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Agreed
It’s like the people who were mad at the tiger for biting Sigfriend or Roy, can’t remember which. Dude, you put your head in a tiger’s mouth for enough years, he’s eventually going to decide you are his meal…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Feb 26, 2010 12:34 PM CST up reply actions
yep once you decide to hang with wild animals, that's the chance you take.
A lot of people are likening it to when a dog attacks someone sometimes they put them down.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
see: Grizzly Man
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:29 PM CST up reply actions
I first watched that movie for a class.
And someone pointed out how wrong it was that everyone was laughing their asses off the whole movie.
Grizzly Man
I’ve said it before on here, that movie has so much unintentional comedy.
Yes it’s wrong to laugh and I’m probably going to hell for it but damn it was funny.
“he’s a big beaaaar” “Hey mister chocolate!”
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I like the part where he fondles the bear shit...
o.k., no i don’t.. that dudes mental illness scares the befuck out of me.
The best part was screaming that they need more rain
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Yeah
I watched it a few years back on Discovery Channel, and while I appreciated that Treadwell was trying to understand and care for the bears, it was really hard not to think “this guy’s absolutely animal crackers.”
My favorite parts:
“It was just in her butt and it’s still warm” and the crazy-ass tirade against Mother Nature when it won’t rain.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
That movie + Science of Sleep...
ruin my day if I watch it. It puts me in this really odd frame of mind, and I don’t function normally for the rest of the day.
Sea Worlds, zoos and the such are a dichotomy for me.
On one hand, it’s cool to be able to these creatures up close…on the other hand, it ain’t natural and pisses me off.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Indeed
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
If done right animals can actually be quite happy in Zoo/Aquatic Park environments.
As long as their handlers are attentive to their needs and set up their habitats in such a way that they can feel comfortable, there are actually quite a few advantages to zoo life for animals. Who cares if it’s natural?
It ain’t natural for us to live indoors and type on computers attached to each other by a series of tubes… but that ain’t half bad, either.
Now in cases of animals being improperly cared for and/or kept in enclosures that don’t meet their needs or whatnot… yah, that sucks.
I don’t know how the KW’s are treated at Sea World cause I’ve heard both that they’re actually treated pretty well and also that they’re being cruelly exploited.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 1:01 PM CST up reply actions
Plus how often does a baboon get to hang out right next to a panther
and live to tell about it? That’s got to be exciting…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 1:31 PM CST up reply actions
You can't control what the whale do
It’s crazy, man.
by Joey Matschulat on Feb 26, 2010 2:59 PM CST up reply actions
Yep...
but I don’t think it should be in the shows anymore either. This is at least the second person it’s killed I believe. I’m fine with Sea World keeping the whale (not sure it could survive in the wild now) but they should just put him in a display tank.
If I’m a trainer I’m not getting in any pool with that whale.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
It ain’t natural for us to live indoors and type on computers attached to each other by a series of tubes… but that ain’t half bad, either.
True, but it’s our choice. If I was captured and forced to type on the computer, I might snap on my handlers.
But hell, I hate leaving my dog alone for 20 hours without the opportunity to do his thing.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
yeh I'm pretty sure they treat them well BUT...
they are not meant to be stuck in a tiny space, when they’re accustomed to having the run of the sea. Like someone was saying on CNN the other night it’s like asking one of us to sit in a bath tub all day and do tricks. The top fin on that whale is supposed to be upright, but it’s actually really droopy some say because it’s unhealthy or unhappy.
If the Rangers don't make the play-offs this year I'm gonna go all Epic Bearded Man on your ass.
Just... No.
Like someone was saying on CNN the other night it’s like asking one of us to sit in a bath tub all day and do tricks.
Whatever it might be like, it’s ridiculously not like that.
That someone from CNN should be shot in the genitals with a flame thrower.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 2:40 PM CST up reply actions
More steals?
Have I just not been paying attention or has TR finally and completely lost it this year?
Also:
I have to wonder if the Davis and Hamilton failures of 2009 contributed significantly to Rudy not being back this year.
I just assumed.
Those sonsabitches...
I tried to watch GM’s Corner, and the links are all dead.
I googled it, and finally found a copy on a foxsports website, I got to the end, and they neutered off the last 5 seconds. That was such gold, now it just ends with a whimper.
GM's corner
What was the last 5 seconds? I could only sit through the first four minutes of that abomination before it became too painful to watch.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
ARE YOU KIDDING?!
The end was the best part, dude!
My god, someone needs to find it. It can’t be described, it has to be watched.
ha!
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Feb 26, 2010 2:24 PM CST up reply actions
Can you pause GIFs?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Fargin Iceholes
Love me some Roman Moronie….
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
underrated movie
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Racist.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 1:50 PM CST up reply actions
I never said I wasn't
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 26, 2010 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
You. Will. Shut. Your. God. Damn. Mouth.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
What...
you think they’re dreamy, don’t you?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 27, 2010 3:57 AM CST up reply actions
Sebastian Bach has an incredible voice and range.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
This right here.
I think he is the most talented vocalist of that entire genre. Self titled album was the best thing they put out (aside from 40 seasons but that doesn’t really count). Slave to the grind was pretty good too.
Good band.
Ready for some baseball.
Him and Geoff Tate. I give the edge to Bach.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
What?
Good band.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 3:18 PM CST up reply actions
18 and life...great song
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Feb 26, 2010 2:19 PM CST up reply actions
Partied backstage with them back in the day
They really knew how to party. I just stuck to beer/booze, but those dudes, wow…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Yeah, the gf at the time worked for an industry magazine
I got a lot of access with bands through her. There were drugs aplenty backstage (with SR), and they had these massive tubs of iced down beer, and a booze bar, whatever you wanted. But, pot=instant barf for me, and won’t even think of anything harder. The gf made me leave after a while due to all the young groupie chicks getting fried, and then naked. I really enjoyed it though…lol :)
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
You mean to tell me there's more to partying
than beer and booze?
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Feb 26, 2010 3:03 PM CST up reply actions
Nice
I’ve done drugs with two members of the Toadies- well, one current member, one former member that was still in the band at the time.
One of my friends hung out on the tour bus with the Blind Lemon guy the night before he OD’d; another friend successfully tracked down a bag of weed for Jay Kay from Jamiroquai right before a show.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
Rick's Place, Denton, mid '90s?
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
I've been there
But I don’t think any of those incidents happened there.
The Jamiroquai thing was at Trees, I don’t remember where the Blind Lemon show was (wasn’t a fan), and the ones with the Toadies were at my apartment (Lisa, who worked with my roommate at the time) and at Last Beat Studio in Deep Ellum (Mark).
I didn’t go up to Denton a whole lot, but I did catch Brutal Juice at Rick’s a couple times. Loved those guys.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
Good stories RC
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Feb 26, 2010 3:48 PM CST up reply actions
They used to get really good acts, and the smoke was abundant.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
Blind Lemon is a Deep Ellum legend.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
OT: This Year in Gaming
I just realized last night that if I’m going to play everything I want, I’m going to be spending way too much money this year. My four favorite classic franchises each have a game slated to come out this year (Zelda, Mega Man, Metroid and Mario). Not to mention Epic Mickey that looks far more awesome than the title could possibly make it sound, all the games I still need to play from recent years, and wanting to get an Xbox so I can finally play Mass Effect.
Mass Effect 2 was worth it.
I didn’t play the first one, so it took me a while to get used to the controls, but I have it on PC and I like it a lot.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 2:35 PM CST up reply actions
I'll definitely be playing them in order.
I really want to. The Wii lineup of Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mega Man 10, Metroid: Other M, Epic Mickey and the new Zelda game has be freaking out, though.
I wanna say you can carry over your character from the 1st game
to the 2nd game. Not sure how accurate that is, but I think I had some friends mention it. That seems pretty cool if you played the first one.
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Feb 26, 2010 2:38 PM CST up reply actions
You definitely can.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 2:55 PM CST up reply actions
I'd recommend Mass Effect 1, for sure.
The gameplay in ME2 is far superior (it’s actually a shooter, not an RPG), but the story, and how they reveal to you in pieces what is actually going on is sheer genius. It really is impressive.
Loved Mass Effect 2, though. Hated hated hated scanning for minerals.
It's better when you go back through and don't really have to do that as much.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
Is Starcraft 2 still slated for a Spring / Summer release?
I hate that Blizzard is apparently gonna hack it up into two different releases (naturally), but I’ll still buy the fuck out of it.
That’s the big one I’m waiting on.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
I'm in the Beta for that, though I haven't been able to devote near the time I would have hoped to.
In short, it’s pretty fucking incredible.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 2:56 PM CST up reply actions
Blizzard isn't a big fan of, you know, fucking around.
Although Diablo 3 looks shitty.
They cartoon-a-fied it.
It looks like it’s taking place in the Warcraft universe.
I guess I can’t blame them for going with the formula that’s made them roughly 800 Gazillion dollars with WoW, but Diablo is supposed to be DARK.
It’s still at least 2 years away, though, so hopefully they’ll make the aesthetic changes they need to to make it look like a Diablo game.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
Diablo.
I don’t understand the hype. It was fine a decade ago but keeping the graphics and shit the same, isn’t it just a ghetto version of WoW?
Oh my God
I loved Diablo and Diablo 2. Diablo and Katamari Damacy are the two franchises guaranteed to make my family think I’m missing for weeks on end.
Yeah, no matter how bad it is, I’m gonna be playing Diablo 3.
"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
No, no, no... Not the same graphics, the same dark brooding atmosphere.
The graphics obviously need an upgrade.
Diablo is MUCH more action based than WoW, but I guess you could say the skills/leveling and character development system fits your description of being just a ghetto version of Wow. Much of WoW’s character development system was simply Blizzard taking what people liked about Diablo’s and expanding the hell out of it.
Though to be honest I played about 5 hours of Wow after I bought it and was so bored I peed on the floor, so I’m not an expert on the game.
The battle system is so boring.
Ugh.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 7:27 PM CST up reply actions
Never got into Diablo
But I see your point with Diablo vs. WoW.
I agree about putting side their license to print money with WoW, that’s probably not something Activision really wants them to do.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 3:01 PM CST up reply actions
yes Yes YES
That and Halo were the games of my college experience. I played a decent amount of Warcraft (1 and 2, not WoW) and were always partial to those sorts of games. Also played some Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2.
But Starcraft consumed all of my free time for a solid year and a half…
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 26, 2010 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
We were all about CounterStrike in the dorms.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
You kids, always coming up with new slang terms
I retro gamed myself in the shower this morning…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
I went to boarding school and we had a kickass LAN connection in all of our rooms and we'd just play massive games of Quake and Starcraft all fucking day.
You’d stand outside the dorm and all you could tell who was playing who by the screams / cheers emanating out of the windows.
College it was Mario Kart 64 drinking games, followed by Super Monkey Ball drinking games.
Drinking games out of video games is the finest thing a man can do with his life.
I firmly believe this.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 7:38 PM CST up reply actions
You always struck me as a fucking Zerg man.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 7:34 PM CST up reply actions
Nah, they were my least favorite.
Terrans then Protoss. Though it switched.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 28, 2010 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
I was Protoss.
But you could prolly already tell that about me due to the fact that I’m awesome.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Word is that Mass Effect is better on PC.
I’m really torn whether to go 360 or PC because I want to play with a controller cause it’s just more relaxing that way.
Easy fix
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Remember
you can almost always use a controller on a PC, but almost never use a keyboard/mouse on a 360 or PS3. Gaming is just better on a PC.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
I would normally agree with that
But the only keyboard I have is my laptop keyboard, and the only mouse I have is the trackpad.
You can get a cheap USB mouse and keyboard and the laptop should recognize them.
Then it’s just like gaming on a desktop PC, controls wise.
"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." - Benjamin Franklin
I still own a little USB mini-mouse
Had to get it when I used to travel a lot for biz, I didn’t like my Dell touchpad at all. I think it was 9.95. And you could get a flex keyboard that you could stash in your lappy bag real cheap…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
OT: Hey Finland, go get your fucking shinebox.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
what the heck 6-0 1st period?
jeebus thats an ass beating
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
I wonder
what happens in a week or so when these players all go back to their teams in the NHL and some skater from Canada or the US goes to a european and says, “in your face!”
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
WWIII
Or as the Europeans would call it, European Civil War VII.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 4:07 PM CST up reply actions
This morning, NPR told me...
That despite all of the “EU will overtake and punish the US” reports were getting a couple years ago, Greece’s debt problems and other debt issues between EU countries, while good for the US in the short term for pushing the dollar higher, are actually a bad thing for the US because it means they will spend less money on their defense capabilities.
I don’t really buy it. First of all, they were always going to have to deal with this. They’re trying to bring together countries that operate with very different financial motives and there’s a relatively even split between the fiscally responsible and irresponsible groups. But more importantly/relevantly, I doubt much in the way of extra money sees it’s way into their defense budgets.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 26, 2010 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Why do we care how much money they spend on defense capabilities unless they are buying things from us?
I’m assuming the NPR show was speaking of conventional defense, anyway, which is largely meaningless to Europe these days. Who will attack them? What offensive engagements do they have in the works?
IF another major war happens, it will almost certainly involved the Middle East or China. Who China would attack and why? No idea. Tom Clancy seems to think it will be the Russians, but he sells books that way.
I do honestly believe that at some point, Israel is going to say “fuck this inaction shit” and do something to Iran unless we do it first. Iran won’t stop pursuing nuclear weapons, that much is a given, and everybody else has to just decide if they’re going to let it happen or do something about it.
I am Jurickson Profar son of judeska and chesmond.. And I was born ready! ready to play baseball!!- Jurickson Profar 2/15/2010
by Aquaman, Esq. on Feb 26, 2010 4:53 PM CST up reply actions
The Chinese and Russians
Hate each other with a burning passion. We think of them like us and canada or us and mexico, but they are more like Israel and Syria.
If there is a next war, it will be in the middle east (or pakistan and India), because people down there are too absolutist to make peace.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
there not their
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 5:24 PM CST up reply actions
I suck
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 5:24 PM CST up reply actions
yeah
I was looking for where I had messed that one up and didn’t see it, then I read the above and was like, ok, I did get it right.
As far as you sucking, that’s really between you and your partner.
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
Iran and Israel
I do honestly believe that at some point, Israel is going to say "fuck this inaction shit" and do something to Iran unless we do it first.
Let them handle it, if they think it is imperative. 90% of our problems with those cocksucking Jihadis would be nonexistent if we’d just stay the hell out of Middle East affairs.
The Israelis are big boys, and super capable. Why we feel their is some possible benefit to keep stuffing our beaks into this brouhaha has always escaped me.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 5:24 PM CST up reply actions
Unfortunately you are wrong
There are three reasons why the US involves itself in middle eastern politics.
1) oil.
2) to prevent world war 3
3) to be able to say to the rest of NATO that we are protecting their interests in the region (oil)
The US gets a relatively tiny percentage of middle eastern oil and we’d probably run screaming from the region were it not for most of europe being dependent on middle eastern oil. Which is why France giving us shit is so Douche worthy.
as far as 2) goes, these are people who didn’t experience Hiroshima or Nagasaki (from either side) and just don’t understand the devastation associated with a nuclear exchange (well, the Israelis do, but they’ve had the bomb since the 60’s (allegedly..) and know better than to use one. The rest of these fucktards think an atomic bomb is just another more powerful type of explosive. They don’t get the ideas of nuclear winter, MAD, programmed Strategic response, and the other crap we’ve been dealing with for 65 years now.
Whats even worse is that the only thing that the islamic fundamentalists hate more than Americans is other Islamic fundamentalists (well, and Israelis, but Everybody hates the Jews, or For you English bastards)
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
It is quite possible I am wrong
But nothing in your rambling and frequently incoherent post describes how I am.
Point #1 is the no-shitter. That’s the only one that possibly passes muster.
Point #2 would be a good one. If it was 1978. But I’ll concede there is a fringe out there amongst the policy wonks of 5-8% that still thinks that one holds water. So it isn’t as bad as #3.
Point #3 is pretty ridiculous. It leads me to believe you’re not much of a reader, be it news, history, or what have you. Other than watching bad cold war movies, I can’t imagine where you gleaned this nugget.
What’s even odder is you didn’t even list the 2 primary arguments Neo-Cons always make, which is Israel’s right to exist as a sovereign nation, which everybody acknowledges, and the whole “we support democracies and their spread,” which everybody supports in the abstract. The former point, in my opinion, is moot, since like I said, Israel is a badass, and would survive and thrive regardless of our backing. The latter issue just isn’t practical as a foreign policy right now because of the staggering costs, but again, it’s irrelevant in Israel’s case, as they are firmly entrenched as a democracy and a military force. There’s the Zionist argument, of course, too, which I also disagree with, but that shit giives me tired head. Skip.
As for #1, I think the better argument can be made that if we didn’t have such a heavy diplomatic footprint in the ME, or more important, if we didn’t incessantly support or be appeared to support Israel, the oil spigot would be a’flowin much more free and easy. The House of Saud is about the coin, and if we could do bidness w/ them w/out stirring up the wrath of their hoi polloi , we could all drive Hummers.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 7:06 PM CST up reply actions
While the Israelis are very capable.
We also give them a ton of money…so I’m not sure you can say we could just pull out of the region entirely.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 28, 2010 1:17 PM CST up reply actions
Nah - about Israel
The US gives them waaaaay too much money to fuck around without our permission. Although the US also gives a lot of money to Egypt, Jordan and the PLO. Just trying to buy peace.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
Pakistain and India
China and India; Korea and anybody it can goat into a fight; Iran and Israel; Russia is a wild card.
The next major war should be pretty devastating, I think…it will no doubt include nuclear warfare and not to the scale of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nukes.
I am most afraid of what is going on behind the scenes in China. They’re not a sleeping giant, they’re a very active giant.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Feb 27, 2010 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
Their point was pretty dumb.
That them spending less money on defense means they will contribute less to Afghanistan and we will have to contribute more. Which I guess is a somewhat legitimate point, but Afghanistan spending is not going to be the primary defense expenditure of the coming decade.
I guess it all boils down to the question: Should the US be the World’s police force? That is a much deeper and more intricate topic that, frankly, I don’t have the expertise for.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 28, 2010 1:16 PM CST up reply actions
The fiscally irresponsible
Easy to remember acronym the financials use: PIGS.
As in Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain.
And yah, it is kind of funny, because Germany was the main proponent of the whole EU economic solidarity idea, and now they are the ones most irate about having to bail out Greece.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 5:15 PM CST up reply actions
But Germany kinda had to be dragged into the Euro
for pretty much this exact reason. They figured one day they would be in this position.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I thought it was England they had to drag into the Euro
I guess it depends on who you talk to. No one really wants to take the blame for the whole thing.
Next thing you know we’ll have a unified Africa. Their flag can be a White background with a big Black Hand on it, facing palm up. (ok, now THAT was racist).
Oh my god! What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing?
-Wash
No matter who you talk to, you will find that the UK rejected the euro
UK currency = still the pound.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 7:08 PM CST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure he meant Euro as in the EU... but I could be wrong.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 26, 2010 7:43 PM CST up reply actions
You could be right, Huntressa
Never heard the EU referred to as Euro before, but looking at the context, probably.
"I don’t know how these SN blog authors get their gigs, but I’m frankly surprised SN tolerates AJM’s lack of effort." Tex34
Neftali Feliz says sit your 5 dollar ass down before he makes change...
by Brian Thomas on Feb 26, 2010 10:30 PM CST up reply actions
What's funny to me is...
…how much the Greek citizens are protesting a reduction in benefits. I wish there were people shouting that they’ll have to raise taxes and cut benefits in order to get out of the hole instead of “Cut our benefits and we’ll burn this place down”.
Another interesting aspect is the laws they are passing that let EU citizens get health care in any country. The problem is, it’s not a unified system. So Spain gets pissed because it’s paying for health care for a bunch of old, expensive Scandinavian retirees who didn’t pay into their system when they were younger.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Feb 28, 2010 1:20 PM CST up reply actions
i've spent well over a hour
reading friday a.m. Rangers and i think most of the comments. nearly all comments. I need another beer
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