Thursday a.m. Rangers stuff
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 20, 2011 8:22 AM CST
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PrintJeff Wilson has some notes up at the S-T, that include Nolan Ryan's comments yesterday about the Rangers' roster situation, with the Rangers believing that neither Vladimir Guerrero nor Manny Ramirez is interested in a low-dollar, part-time role.
Evan Grant has a blog entry about the introduction of John Rhadigan as the Rangers' new TV play-by-play man.
Richard Durrett asks fans to give Rhadigan a chance in the new role.
Durrett also discusses how spring training may bring about the opportunity for some Ranger players to get locked up on multi-year deals.
Grant looks at the Rangers' catching situation for 2011.
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you would look better making the a.m. post earlier, right?
by Closure GT on Jan 20, 2011 8:28 AM CST reply actions 4 recs
Is that sorta like...
“I might like you better if we slept together.”
You can only be young once but can be immature forever!
i don't know anyone who makes it earlier that doesn't.
by octoberty on Jan 20, 2011 9:03 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
What a strange comment...
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
by AceJC on Jan 20, 2011 10:20 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
I tried to flag this, but I accidentally rec'd it.
by philkid3 on Jan 20, 2011 12:20 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
wtf is going on?
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
by shock00 on Jan 20, 2011 2:05 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I planned on doing it all morning, then got lucky on the timing.
Just happened to refresh it right when the AM post showed up with 0 comments.
It begs the question.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Probably.
I never fully understood this meme. I know if involved Garoon, irony and using it correctly.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I think using it incorrectly IS that meme, cause it's all Garoonical or whatever,
but I was just rolling with last night’s meme still.
Guess I won't read that EG catching article
Doubt I’m missing a whole lot though.
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
WHY ARE THERE GODDAMN YANKEES ON MY AM PICTURE???
Seriously. We’ve gone from the heights of Olympus (Alyssa Milano) to the depths of Hades (Joba the Fatfuck) in a week.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
Work + lack of sleep + opening up LSB to find Joba mugging at me
= broken computer monitor/hand.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 8:57 AM CST up reply actions
It is interesting to me
that the Rangers chased Thome, who even as a part time player didn’t exactly fit the club, yet are shying away from Manny and Vlad, who at least would fit the club. It is as if they just really preferred Thome over those other two
Go Rice Owls!
they probably have done their due diligence on those 2
and found out that their not willing to accept a reduced role for less money.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
Give 'em another month
And we’ll see what tune they sing. If someone else is dumb enough to sign either Vlad or Manny to multiple years for they money they want, then fuck it. We roll with what we have.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 8:39 AM CST up reply actions
probably
but I don’t really see what the point is of coming out and saying in public “we’re not interested in them because they don’t want our sort of situation”
Maybe I’m just suspicious of public displays of club strategy like this
Go Rice Owls!
well if you haven't noticed....fans outside of LSB are almost demanding they resign Vlad
Its crazy how many comments I see regarding this on Facebook, etc.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
I was as stoked about the Vlad signing as anyone last season
and by late August I knew why the Angels let him go. I like Vlad, I think he could contribute, but anything more than a rental deal as a spare bat is a waste of money and roster space.
But yeah, to hear some of the casuals talk about it, you’d think we were letting Mickey Mantle walk.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 8:48 AM CST up reply actions
its soo fucking annoying....."Vlad led us in RBI's and we're letting him walk !"
good lord….do you watch the damn games ! lol
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
I guess they are just signaling
that they might be interested in them if their salary demands drop, and they don’t need full time ABs.
Personally, I don’t see a big problem in giving them full time ABs if they are productive, then again, I’d have no problem with Moreland on the bench or in AAA.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
either way i'm fine as long as they don't give Vlad full time DH duties
He cannot handle it anymore. As a bench bat, I’m more than interested. Whether they have Mikey baseball and Moreland at 1st….doesn’t really matter to me either.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
Yeah, honestly the only problem I have with Vlad
or ManRam is that I don’t trust Ron to bench them when they go ice cold. Since I don’t really trust wash, I’m OK with them making the last bat on the bench some cheap guy, who most likely will be about as productive as Shelton or Garko or Cantu or any of the other parade of bad 25th men we’ve seen.
I think if we had a stronger manager, then the team could benefit from another big bat, which would be especially helpful when one of the 3 who get injured as often as Wile E Coyote hits the DL.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
yea Wash is going to have to prove us wrong in order to trust him w/ scenarios like that
I totally agree.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
I agree with this completely.
And I really don’t want Vlad because we all know Wash will want to hit him cleanup every single day.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I actually think this is something behind Nolan's comment
It wouldn’t surprise me if the team just doesn’t trust Wash with an old DH like Vlad or Manny who doesn’t want to platoon. Thome is content to sit on the bench against lefties. But Vlad or Manny would pout or whine or just look somber in the corner, and Wash would play them.
Even if they could be brought in as part time players, I don’t think they’d be happy in that role; and I don’t think the team really wants players who aren’t happy the day they come in
Go Rice Owls!
I wonder what our FO's policy is with making suggestions to Wash
about his line-ups.
It seems (key word) like they don’t say anything to him or at least it’s very rare (putting Kinsler in the 6 hole when he came back from injury in 2009).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
I think they prefer someone who would be comfortable getting 300 PAs
And I think it is pretty clear that, at least right now, neither Manny nor Vlad are on board with that.
Vlad is probably going to end up DHing for Tampa, anyway.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 20, 2011 8:55 AM CST up reply actions
We super charged we ready.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
by DJCahill on Jan 20, 2011 9:01 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Underrated
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:26 AM CST up reply actions
this needs to stick
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
If they're kicking the tires on Thome (and they were kicking really hard), that's a
clear admission that they know they need somebody who will take 300 plate appearances from the 1250-1300 scheduled plate appearances our 1B/DH are going to take in 2011.
Bringing in somebody to do that, still allows Moreland to get at least 300-350 (maybe more) plate appearances in 2011.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
You obviously don't know the difference between "would like" and "need"
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 20, 2011 9:30 AM CST up reply actions
If they're offering Thome $ 4 million ($ 3 million more than he made in 2010), they wanted him badly.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
$4M is chump change
for a free agent right now.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
yep, Webb got 3M
and he hasnt even pitched in two years
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Per Webb's deal....how the hell does he get more guaranteed money than Cobra?
I’m telling you…Cobra Lewis has the worst agent in the history of MLB.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
No, this is just Josey
trying to downplay the Rangers’ front office making a great deal.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
I've said many times that the signing of Cobra Lewis was THE
single most important move JD made last off-season and it’s probably his best move since becoming GM.
I’m not downplaying that move, I’m championing the move. It was a great signing.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:13 AM CST up reply actions
J-Dub
If you could just cut out those first five words of every post, you’d be 50% less of a beating.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
Why?
Tball is full of shit on this…I’ve given JD a ton of credit for last year’s off-season/in-season moves, especially the Lewis signing.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:20 AM CST up reply actions
True
though you always manage to couch that praise with plenty of caveats and dire warnings of upcoming disaster.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
And thumbs placed in sphincters
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
you given him credit
but you don’t trust him?
See 2006-2008.
I approve of the current FO dynamic that wasn’t in place back then but just because you go to the World Series and are also named Executive of the Year (Baseball America, not Sporting News), you don’t suddenly get a force field that prevents criticism.
This has been a disappointing off-season for me because although I don’t think we’ve become worse, I also don’t think we’ve improved.
It wasn’t for lack of opportunity either. We had an increased budget and tons of prospects. There were lots of free agents and great trade candidates.
It just didn’t happen and the vibe from the front office seems to be one of complacency…we think 87-90 wins is going to get it done in the AL West and there’s nobody in this division capable of overthrowing us.
Am I being negative or realistic? Let me know when there’s a projection service or somebody in Vegas who thinks we’re supposed to win more than the 90 games we won in 2010.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
You're better off because it was over your head.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:01 AM CST up reply actions
then i'll give him a ladder
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
Call the fire department because
they don’t sell ladders that big at Lowes or Home Depot.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
WAKA WAKA WAKA!!!
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
That's a reissue.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
So is everything you post
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
you honestly believe
that you are the smartest person here, don’t you? at least when it comes to HSO’s about the rangers.
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
THE smartest person in here per HSO's on the Rangers?
Probably not but I’m in the Trust Tree and I also happen to be a “gifted writer.”
You shouldn’t be that upset…I haven’t forecasted gloom and doom for next year’s team …it’s just that they haven’t improved and the FO seems to be very complacent.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
If I kill myself today
I want everyone to know this post is the reason.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
dont do it...lets go have some FB fun!!!
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Maybe tonight
I have to actually work now.
D:
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
meh
I have in laws coming in town….for 2 weeks…..
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
You could use some baseball.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
WTF is a Trust Tree?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
He's trying to be "hip" by quoting Old School
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Sounds like something kindergardners would have on their fridge
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Focker thing
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Fuck you.
“Trust Tree” sounds supergay (that’s a ticket meme, so I know you understand it).
Also, you are not a “gifted writer.” As a literature major in college, I can assure you that completing sentences with both a subject and a verb, with the occassional direct object sprinkled in (just to add complexities to your sentences) does not, in fact, make you a gifted writer.
You are, at best, a marginally above-average writer.
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 11:24 AM CST up reply actions
that last sentence was funny
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
This is a conversational style of
writing, Professor Tag.
When it comes to writing in different settings, I’m quite the chameleon.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
It is rather unbecoming
of you to hold yourself in such high regard as to the splendidness in which you write (befitting, but unbecoming still).
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
I have just enough self-deprecation
to make it work.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:42 AM CST up reply actions
None of your posts work.
They aren’t well written, they are certainly not well-considered or well thought out. You are stupid. You are a racist. You are old and out of touch. You are the biggest asshole on this board. Everyone hates you. You suck at every single aspect of life.
Get a fucking grip, you fucking douche.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 11:53 AM CST up reply actions 6 recs
I usually try to be respectful to fellow LSB'ers....
but I hope you fail in life, FuturePants.
- LSB has ADD -
by b.pate on Jan 20, 2011 11:57 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
What did FP do to you?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Maybe bspate forgot which browser he was in
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Really? I don't.
I give a fuck if I’m entrely disrespectful to Josey at all times. It’s how he treats everyone here while sucking his own dick, so I do not feel bad whatsoever.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 12:15 PM CST up reply actions
Get in the gym, futurepants.
Bench, run, lift, eat, bench, run, lift, eat.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 12:00 PM CST up reply actions
Are you the "Situation?"
It would explain absolutely everything. BTW, you forgot laundry.
"Ooooh....I want some fucking pancakes!" son of willamos2
JDub typical response here:
Get off my lawn
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by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
Good luck with soccer and all that.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 12:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You should feel infuriated PADMY.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
Nah, I was just demanding
that you drop in as PADMY once in a while.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."
I'll take that under consideration.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 20, 2011 5:51 PM CST up reply actions
We need to talk about the process for starting an SBN blog.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I'm interested in how it works.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Oh, ok. I thought you were making a funny.
We basically started our own blog on blogspot and did blog-type activities for a while. After a while we had a match against one of the teams that was already on SBN, and we contacted the manager of that blog and did a joint preview. You know, one of those 5 questions about your team type of things. It wasn’t long after that that the soccer director for SBN had contacted us to see if we were interested.
Pretty simple stuff.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 20, 2011 6:18 PM CST up reply actions
"We had an increased budget and tons of prospects. There were lots of free agents and great trade candidates."
Your assumption is that we did not explore our options; that assumption is inherently suspect given both your biases and what is likely and reasonable in this situation.
You set an arbitrary boundary line- 90 wins – and harp about it all the time. It is irrelevant what projection systems or Vegas think about this team.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
you thought Cobra wasn't even going to reach 150IP
and he’d have an ERA of over 5. Basically, you thought he was going to be what Rich Harden was and then you heap fake praise to JD after the fact.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I can't remember what or if I projected anything for Cobra last year.
I was on the fence about him. I was skeptical anybody who failed in The Show. went to Japan and then came back would be successful because I don’t remember anybody ever doing it.
I also read quite a few positives about him so I didn’t know what to think going into 2010.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:46 AM CST up reply actions
It was pretty clear what you thought.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Someone bookmark this
just incase the Cobra tanks this year and in November, Jose is saying “JD is such a bad GM. Look at that Signing of Cobra for This Thing. Worse move in the history of The Show.”
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
Not likely...Cobra was extremely cheap. Pitchers that
come to you that cheap aren’t supposed to do a thing.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
it's a balance of risk and reward
for a player in a unique position. You really just don’t understand anything more subtle than thumbs up or down. Sorry this is so hard for you.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Ok
this might be one time where I’ve assumed your opinion to be darker than it is, withdrawn.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
He was coming back from Japan.
The success rate of those pitchers isn’t that great. We gave him a chance to start or guaranteed it, don’t remember which. I figure they will approach a more player friendly deal this offseason.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Can't really say it was "guaranteed"
But the FO slotted him for the 3 spot from the get go.
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
True that but Thome made $ 1 million last year and signed for $ 3 million this year.
Texas really wanted Thome because they know they need him or somebody like him.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
You obviously don't know the difference between "would like" and "need"
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 20, 2011 9:59 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
If they're bidding a million more than he actually signed for, they desperately wanted him.
They need him (planning on Moreland & Young getting 150 games each with no fallback plan is dumbass) and would have really liked to have him on their team.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:05 AM CST up reply actions
desparately wanted him
hilarious.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Mike E should be happy the AM thread
is up before lunch.
my better is better than your better.
by rangerjake on Jan 20, 2011 8:40 AM CST via mobile reply actions
before Chapel!
/mike e
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Damn
Ur, ah…darn.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"Your language is OFFENSIVE!"
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:42 AM CST up reply actions
And Sundays.
my better is better than your better.
by rangerjake on Jan 20, 2011 10:15 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
/Mike E'd
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Rhadigan
I agree with Durrett — we need to give him a shot. From what I’ve gathered, he won’t try being something he’s not. He’ll casually tell the story of the game, interspersed with the on-field calls. He won’t be a PBP straight man like Bill Jones, who focuses almost exclusively on the call; he’ll be his own guy. Rangers execs had him in for an audition with Grieve and apparently liked the flow those two had — and that’s not hard to believe.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
"I don't have to watch awful movies to see hot women. " ---Robbie Griffin
I find it interesting that Durrett
felt compelled to put that article out before one game is even announced, Looks to me like a bit of preventative CYA.
You can only be young once but can be immature forever!
Run on, run on...
“For me to extend that now to the both is a pretty natural thought at least to get my brain around just to sit in the booth and have fun and tell the story of the Texas Rangers.”
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
And repoire...really?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Haha
that’s Ticketspeak.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
"I don't have to watch awful movies to see hot women. " ---Robbie Griffin
I understand that Rhadigan is probably a really nice guy but my initial thought is that
this is going to be ugly and then ultimately failed.
That said, if Nolan Ryan was behind this, it’s time to quit underestimating him or his judgment.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
I actually agree with you about Rhads.
I don’t see this ending well for the Rangers.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
howcome?
"what I have learned in 11 years in the sports business is that the dumbest guys in the room are always the media guys." - mark cuban
I would have liked to see someone with more experience and an actual track record brought in.
I’m not sure I trust the process that ended up with Rhadigan at all. It seems like he was just a guy the team was familiar with and decided to throw into the booth with TAG for a few trial runs. I don’t trust the results there over the course of 150+ games in the season.
I’ve said it 100 times around here; I am not a hardcore Lewinite. Still, the hope seems to be that Rhads will be as good as Lewin was, like that’s the best-case scenario. If it is, why not just keep Lewin?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
yup..from what Greenberg said he was hoping for
seemed to be exactly what he was getting with Lewin.
But he had to let Nolan feel like he had some control over other things.
Rhadigan won me over
when he tried to put the Rangers jersey in the hole in the floor at New Yankee Stadium.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:31 AM CST up reply actions
i'm not sure how it'll go down....i want this to work
they could’ve hired way worse IMO.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
I want to slash this post to ribbons
The last sentence is that bad.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
"I don't have to watch awful movies to see hot women. " ---Robbie Griffin
I would do it with fire.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
"I don't have to watch awful movies to see hot women. " ---Robbie Griffin
The last sentence doesn't make any sense, that's true.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
x
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
by LSJ on Jan 20, 2011 9:47 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Wrecked
Like Lindsey Lohan’s career.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:48 AM CST up reply actions
so now Hairston gone; Thome gone; Thames is gone right?
No Vlad, no Manny – what are the next best 3 options? Or is it all internal now?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
I like MJH's suggestion that Chris Davis is as good a candidate as anyone to go all Nelson Cruz on our asses.
I’m not holding out hope, but that’d be great.
My dream scenarios, in order of likelihood
1. A full season with Nelson Cruz and Josh Hamilton
2. A full season with Ian Kinsler
3. Derek Holland becomes a reliable starting pitcher
4. Elvis becomes a dominant leadoff hitter/base stealer
5. Feliz continues to develop his secondary pitches to become an even more dominant closer
…
…
118. Chris Davis contributes to the major league squad
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:07 AM CST up reply actions
If the first 5 happen
we’ll win 100 games.
Hell, if the first 2 happen, we will wrap up the division by July.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
In retrospect
Order of likelihood might be the exact opposite regarding 1-5.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:18 AM CST up reply actions
How I can be mocked for hoping Harrison is successful
when there are some people out who haven’t written off Chris Davis yet. I imagine some of them also would be excited if Jason Botts got a NRI to spring training.
Go Rice Owls!
Chris Davis was successful at some point in his career, Harrison has never been.
And it is nothing but hope with Davis, not actual belief that he will bounce back.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
because the ceiling for Harrison
was always a solid #4/#5 starter or long man in bullpen.
The ceiling for Davis was and continues to be much higher.
by elvis1isking on Jan 20, 2011 9:49 AM CST up reply actions
hehe, I'm being somewhat snarky
I don’t think Davis really has any real chance of hitting that ceiling; and unlike Harrison, who is at least established as a replacement level player at worst, Davis can’t even manage that.
Go Rice Owls!
Because unlike Matt Harrison...
…Davis has an 80 grade tool.
That, in and of itself, is going to get him opportunities.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 20, 2011 10:00 AM CST up reply actions
There's a "your mom" joke in here somewhere...
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
80 - Grinding Tool
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Does Davis have an 80 grade tool anymore?
At least when he was awful in 2009, he had power. The “reinvented” Chris Davis last year was a guy who doesn’t seem to have much power either
Go Rice Owls!
Well, he still had a .193 ISO in OKC
Almost exactly the same as 2009 in OKC, but I suppose for a guy with “80 grade power” that doesn’t really seem all that impressive for AAA numbers.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Well his time in OKC has almost always been
about working on plate discipline and improving his contact skills. If it was just about hitting the best he could, you’d see numbers more like his 2008 stint in AAA.
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
Splits.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 12:20 PM CST up reply actions
Gah
Just thinking of Twinkle Toes Damon in a Rangers uniform makes me ill.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:10 AM CST up reply actions
i'd rather stick my weiner in a meat grinder
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
Just go sleep with Lindsay Lohan, same effect
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I don't think we can definitively say no Manny
Nolan was just speculating. There has been no contact, though.
I link pay stuff at BP and BA from time to time
And at ESPN.
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 20, 2011 9:25 AM CST up reply actions
OT: A&M-UT
Holy shit was that embarrassing last night. Can’t say I thought A&M was a top 10 team, but neither is UT. That was just garbage.
i stick mainly to watching the big east
most of the time you cannot go wrong.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
And not one of those 40 point leads that's inflated cause it was a super up-tempo game.
72-32. lolololol Wake.
I'm a Longhorn
and Rick Barnes offense is absolutely unwatchable.
Like nails on a chalkboard for me.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Jan 20, 2011 9:49 AM CST up reply actions
offense?
you mean, “recruit athletes and let them throw the ball at the rim a lot and hope they get offensive rebounds”?
Section 239, Row 1, Seats 1&2
Well
that description is a better fit for what Penders brought to the table.
Barnes is more of a constricting, hands on the throat, wanna be Hoosiers type thing that makes me crazy.
I confess, however, I am of the Loyola Marymount generation.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Jan 20, 2011 9:54 AM CST up reply actions
Yep
Awesome.
If I’m a small school somewheres I hire that guy now, if he still wants to coach.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Jan 20, 2011 10:02 AM CST up reply actions
I love that guy
and it’s a heartbreaking story that I was obsessed with as a kid, so I enjoyed it. But I think the 30 for 30 was a mess as a piece of film making.
"Sometimes I'm Bill Buckner, baby. Sometimes I'm Willie Mays." -dariustx
This opinion screams of you not understaning basketball... Did you ever play basketball? Above middle school level.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
PM flies in to defend Rick Barnes.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Heh, it is something all UT fans do at least once every basketball season
In the past, he has failed to draw up a scheme that fits his team. This year however I take exception to this claim, as there offensive sets work really well… And most of the time their players execute them (except Hamilton).
They are basically running the Spurs #1 offense, working the ball through Hamilton on the win, Thompson on the post an Brown at the point. Works great.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
I forget
how many allegiances you have. It’s hard to keep up with it honestly…
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
yes I played basketball
and coached basketball
opinions expressed in LSB chat aren’t really serious, I’m being sarcastic.
Section 239, Row 1, Seats 1&2
Ok good... Because although he isn't the best offensive coach, this years coaching job is well above par for Rick... Doing a great job.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:36 AM CST up reply actions
I should
say that I’m a Barnes fan and supporter. He’s done one helluva job for us without question. He just tries to fit square pegs in round holes on the offensive side every now and then and it makes me cringe.
I went to school when Penders was at the helm (the end anyway) and to watch what he did with Terrence Rencher made me hate him for life. Penders was plain awful.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Jan 20, 2011 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
They went unconscious last night..
….hitting over 66% of FGs, and 50% from beyond the arc. Didn’t help that the Aggie players didn’t contest one goddamn thing that UT did all fucking night. Christ that sucked.
Kansas shot 80.8% against Baylor in the first half the other night.
You read that correctly.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Holy fuck a duck
80%????
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:57 AM CST up reply actions
Oh yes. Something like 22 for 27.
It wasn’t entirely bad defense, Kansas was just out of their minds in the first half, but a lot of it was.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Settled back down in the fifties, I think.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Did they move Norwood
to the basketball staff???
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
Would have been 26/27 if they had.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
That assumes he got 5 guys out there at one point.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 12:12 PM CST up reply actions
Clemson shot 69.2% for the game against GT last week.
78.6% (11-14) from 3. For the game! [cry]
9 of 9 on 3s in the second half.
I'm having flashbacks to Golden State-Dallas in the playoffs.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:01 AM CST up reply actions
Ugh. Don't mention that! That's almost as bad as the series from the year before...
I didn’t get to see the game, but was checking the score on my phone. It was a 1 point Clemson lead at the half. Next chance I got to check it was 10 minutes into the second half and they were down 20. It was jarring.
Wake, on the other hand, hit 25.9% (13.3% from 3) last night. I liked that.
Wake was also an incredibly hilarious 9-26 on free throws. 34.6%!
Never have understood it
I mean, christ, middle school girls can hit something like 29 out 30 free throws in sequence. How can college/professional athletes not be able to do this?
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:03 AM CST up reply actions
You sir
have apparently never been to a middle school gir’s game.
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 10:45 AM CST up reply actions
Gagree
Whatever happened to shooting in girls BBall? Even in HS, the shooting is awful. Not many years ago many teams had one girl that could shoot three’s all day long.
Girls
have slowly started to expand the floor. I see so many more girls teams playing some form of full court defense that it is amazing. The emphasis has now switched to penetrating guards. The spot up shooter who can’t dribble or run is becoming obsolete in a way,
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
On the contrary
I remember in 7th grade when our boys basketball team (coached by my dad, ugh) challenged the 7th grade girls to a free-throw contest. Everyone on the team had to just make 1 damn basket. I remember how quickly we went around, the derisive cheers as the last guy made his free throw and we noticed the girls were only to their fourth player.
Then we realized they’d already gone around three times.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 12:02 PM CST up reply actions
When I was in junior high, we had 15 kids on our basketball team.
Occasionally at the end of practice, we had to shoot free throws and everybody got one shot.
We had to make at least 10 of 15.
If we failed to do so, everybody had to run a shitload of walls and those that missed their free throws also got a lick or swat in the shower after practice.
How would that play in today’s society?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 12:14 PM CST up reply actions
uh
everybody…got a lick…in the shower after practice.
That sounds a bit suspect to me, sir.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
He went to a Catholic school
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
totally reasonable
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
This guy was his coach
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Man
I never knew Dr. Naismith was such a disciplinarian…
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 12:33 PM CST up reply actions
Wow
I was depressed about the Aggies’ 58% from the line…
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:03 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah
Joseph makes it much easier. If Barnes doesn’t have a complete badass at the point, the season is doomed.
by Whiskey in my Whiskey on Jan 20, 2011 9:59 AM CST up reply actions
Normally true
I understand he is changing the offense this year from past years but last night is the first UT game I have watched this year and I didnt watch all of it
T to the H to the I to the S
March is a dark time for Wildcat. Football’s over, baseball hasn’t begun, and nothing but college b-ball on the tube.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:49 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah
Just never got into it. Although I’m officially “hockey curious,” I suppose.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:51 AM CST up reply actions
I knew it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Just got into hockey a couple of years ago
kicking myself for not getting into it earlier in my life. It now bridges the chasm that is the baseball offseason for me…I freaking love it.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 9:53 AM CST up reply actions
I've been to some minor league games
Went and saw the Central Tx Stampede back when Belton had a team. And I’ve seen the Ice Bats a few times. Never been to a pro game.
The Cowboys’ early exit from contention this year had me tuning in to a few Stars games though.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:54 AM CST up reply actions
What turned me
was attending a Stars game. Luckily, it just happened to be a great game and the AAC was full of energy. I now go to about 12 games a year and am a Brahmas (CHL) season ticket holder.
Haven’t had much luck converting my buddy. Took him to a gawd awful game last year. The game was boring, sucked, and they lost. It was a weekend afternoon game and the AAC was empty and lifeless. Took him to a Brahmas game and the same fucking thing happened. He can’t figure out why I love hockey so much…just having terrible luck with the games I select to sell him on it.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:00 AM CST up reply actions
I wish the Brahmas were noticed more than there are.
There are some good guys over there. I guess that’s life in minor league hockey in Texas though. Even two years ago when they won the championship, they wouldn’t get mentioned on the radio. I asked some of the people about it and they said it was because of advertising and money.
Dude, 'retarded' is not the preferred nomenclature. "Asian-American", please. -jam0152
Yep
I love Brahmas games. Not the best quality hockey, but The Shoebox can get rowdy as hell. The Star-Telegram gives em some lovin sometimes, I think there’s even a “Brahmas” link on the ST sports page.
I was also glad to see the Allen team start up last year, it was an instant rivalry between them and the Brahmas (fucking Allen almost won the Miron Cup last season, but lost to the Rapid City Rush in the finals).
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
Allen is good for a rival,
but I hate how they were getting attention like they were the only hockey team besides the Stars in the area.
Dude, 'retarded' is not the preferred nomenclature. "Asian-American", please. -jam0152
Same here.
I’m still laughably ignorant about the game and NHL rosters, but I’ve really come to appreciate the speed and watchability of hockey, especially in person. The 20 minute intermissions are a bit of a beating, though.
Same here
it’s why I don’t chime in much over on DBD. I now bring my headset radio to Stars games and listen to Ralph & Razor, that has helped in the hockey edjumacation process, but I still have a looong waay to go.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:03 AM CST up reply actions
Yeah, I'm hopeless when it comes to advanced strategy or telling, say, just how well a defenseman is doing.
And hockey doesn’t have all the widely available, easily-computed stats that baseball does that would at least let me chime in on math-related stuff…
Yep, like Don said, that's where Ralph and Razor are huge.
Oh really? Woywitka’s having an off night? I’ll take their word for it….
During the season I proposed a Rangers/Stars announcer swap night.
I’m less enthused about John and Tom doing a Stars game than Josh and Tom, but Rhadigan has done lots of Stars stuff, so it could work, but the main thing is that I’d love to see Ralph and Razor do a baseball game.
Oh I would freaking love it if R & R
would call some Rangers games, especially the verbose Razor. Razor baseballisms would be absolute money.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:12 AM CST up reply actions
I just recently learned via R&R
that you can’t make a line change after an icing call. I seem to learn something new almost every game.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:11 AM CST up reply actions
it keeps teams from just throwing the puck down there to get a change
if your line is tired, you just have to figure out how to dig a bit deeper and get the puck outta your defensive zone. that rule has fucked me a lot of times (being a goalie)
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
the best way to get familiar with hockey is to watch slower-paced games
If all you watch is NHL, it may be a bit hard to follow. From a strategy standpoint, hockey is just like doing the Two Step (or, a sports analogy..it’s like basketball with only 4 plays)…it’s the same thing over and over again. When you get familiar with watching it, you kinda know what’s going to happen before it happens and you can see a play developing 3 or 4 passes before it develops. On the NHL Network, they’ll show AHL games and occasionally they’ll show some Junior games from the CHL (they had a pretty good chunk of the Memorial Trophy tournament last year, which is the CHL [Junior] Championship played betweenthe Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and the Quebec Major Junior League – the 3 main junior leagues that together comprise the Canadian Hockey League).
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
Not to be confused with the Central Hockey League
which is basically AA hockey (Brahmas, Allen Americans, Tulso Oilers, etc).
Hey Officer Loblaw, which is the better AA hockey league, the ECHL or the CHL? I think it’s the ECHL because that league seems to get more press than the CHL, but a dude at work insists that the CHL is a notch higher than ECHL.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
Honestly
I’m not all that familiar with the ECHL or the Central HL. I’d have to do some digging.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
After looking
the ECHL is probably a higher level of competition. I’d have to watch an Central League game to be sure, but generally speaking, leagues with northern and east-coast teams are better.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
Thanks.. and yeah, geography was my other rationale,
I’m betting most hockey players from the North would rather play up there than say, Odessa or Rio Grande Valley.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
well
when it comes to guys in that skill level category, although I’m sure they’d rather be up north, I think they’re just glad to be getting paid (their super small salary) for playing hockey. Those leagues both remind me of the league in “Slapshot”
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
The NHL is flat-out awesome...probably THE best sport to watch live
and there is nothing better than playoff hockey.
The Stars run at Reunion from ‘96-01 were some of the best sports memories I’ve ever had.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:08 AM CST up reply actions
Yep, like I said above, the "live" part is what got me into it.
I actually bandwagoned during the glory years but only really paid attention during the playoffs. I’m now ashamed of that.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:15 AM CST up reply actions
Did you ever go to any games at Reunion?
How did it compare to the AAC?
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by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
I remember the noise from
the Mavs ‘86-’87 playoff run. They showed a decibel meter on the tube…greatness.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
reunion so was sooo much better for the Stars no doubt
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
they don't compare
the fans have figured out how to get the AAC loud for stretches, but I honestly have never been anywhere like Reunion when the Stars were rolling.
I miss that run down POS building.
by elvis1isking on Jan 20, 2011 10:24 AM CST up reply actions
My first concert was there.
AC/DC – For Those About to Rock tour in the early ’80s.
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by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:26 AM CST up reply actions
My first concert was Edgefest '99 at the BPiA lawn.
Everclear, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Crystal Method, and the first time I ever smelled marijuana. It was a great day for a 15 year old.
Christ, I'm fucking old.
I have no idea who any of those bands are.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
Really?
None of them have been popular for like 15 years.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:31 AM CST up reply actions
Everclear has some good stuff.
The band, no experience with the clear stuff.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Won't argue that, but they are good in random 90s playlist.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Ehh
Never could get into Everclear. Crystal Method was/still is the shit, though.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
I have watched Crystal Method live
a couple of times. They put on a good show. I don’t really listen to them though.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 12:37 PM CST up reply actions
You just ate a fistfull of E, rubbed Vicks VapoRub under your eyes and nose, put your gas mask on and just rolled with it, didn't you?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
That sounds like something
I should try. Sounds invigorating
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 12:59 PM CST up reply actions
x
Yeah, they were really big when I was 16. I’m 31.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
I jammed some Everclear
back in the day… when I wasn’t listening to Metal or Gangster rap.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Late 90s/early 00s that was my favorite band.
Their old stuff is still up there on my list of favorite albums.
In fact, the reason my girlfriend and I ended up going out was because she was giving me a ride after we had just met through a mutual friend, and we found out we were both huge Everclear fans. If not for that topic, we probably never would have talked enough to go on a date that night. Or, really, ever hang out again.
What a strange basis for a relationship.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 20, 2011 1:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Another of philkid's "friends."
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Wow, even my out-of-touchness
is dated.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
Heh, I'll send you a Warpaint album to ease the pain.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
* sprays Warpaint album with champagne
“I don’t even know who you are!!”
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
Wow, Blur was at that show.
Now I remember everyone standing around waiting for them to finally play Song 2, then everyone went apeshit, and then they played a couple more songs no one had ever heard, which was a real buzzkill.
Song 2 was their only big song that I can remember.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
They had a few songs
There’s No Other Way is probably my favorite Blur song. But Girls and Boys was a good song too.
"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
Was at that concert as well
Good times
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 20, 2011 10:34 AM CST up reply actions
I saw Rush and Queensryche at Reunion a few times back in the day!!
For sure……Rush’s Roll The Bones and Presto tour……along with Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime and Empire tours.
ROCK ON!!
- LSB has ADD -
I don't this for sure but I think the first concert at Reunion Arena
was The Who (early July 1980).
Still the best concert I’ve ever been to in my life.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
*don't know this for sure...
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
Most surprisingly best concert for me
was actually an opening band. “The Hooters” opened for Loverboy and just blew them away. That was the beginning of the end for Loverboy, IMFO.
Th Who was one of those bands I could never get into for some reason…never cared for Daltrey’s voice.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 11:14 AM CST up reply actions
Come clean, Draper.
Tell me you went to Loverboy only because it was with a hot chick who really got into them.
Now I know the early 80s were a confusing time for all music fans but please tell me you didn’t emulate lead singer Mike Reno and wear a tank top / head band while crooning “Everybody’s Working For The Weekend”. Please tell me!!
My record is not totally clean either…I was at one of the Texas Jamms at the Cotton Bowl where Loverboy was on the bill. Ozzie was there and so was Foreigner (touring their Foreigner 4 album).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:23 AM CST up reply actions
Nah, just liked their music
not their fashion sense. They flamed out (no pun intended) after a few albums.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 12:09 PM CST up reply actions
first time these words have been uttered
don’t know this for sure
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
Sadly, he was proven right
and it just reinforced his peculiar belief that everything he says is in fact true.
by michael bluth on Jan 20, 2011 12:03 PM CST up reply actions
Could have been because I think I'd remember it
being “the first concert at Reunion Arena” if it really was.
It was one of the first…wanna say it was July 2, 1980. A Friday night and it was hot as fuck during the day.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:44 AM CST up reply actions
You were close. According to Wiki:
While the first concert at Reunion was billed as The Who on July 2, 1980, at least two other concerts played there in late June: Foghat and Pat Travers on June 25, 1980; and Ted Nugent, Scorpions, and Def Leppard on June 26, 1980
Que sera, sera.
Nailed the date.
There was most definitely some underage drinking going on that evening.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 12:01 PM CST up reply actions
Entwhistle was the WHO
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Foghat...lol
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
SLOW RIDE TAKE IT EASY
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Foghat Live
I wore that album out.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 1:16 PM CST up reply actions
I do not miss it for one single second.
That place was such a dump.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:28 AM CST up reply actions
Cool atmosphere when it was loud.
But what a fucking dump. I’ll take the less loud AAC over the loud dump Reunion.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:29 AM CST up reply actions
The ones you get from a plate full of Taco Bell?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Why would you make a stadium out of those? WhY????
That would be worse than making a stadium in Arlington!
Watching the Stars at Reunion Arena in the late 90s was one of the best
venues I’ve ever been to in terms of crowd atmosphere.
It was like going to a giant sports bar with 17000 patrons. It was the perfect confluence of the right team, the right coach, the right style of play and the perfect place (with shitty ice and loose, loud boards) to play.
It was very, very loud and oh, so rowdy. There was no caste system because all the concessions were on one level so everybody mingled in those impossibly small concourses.
I was at the elimination playoff game v the Red Wings when Guy scored in the last minute to tie it up (Langenbrunner won it in OT with a bomb from the red line on Osgood) and that place was incredible. On the walk back to the West End that night I saw guys jumping in the fountains at Dealey Plaza.
The Stars/Sharks playoff games with the sonofabitch Marchment were legend as were all the playoff games against Edmonton. I was there when Hatcher almost killed Roenick. I was there when they won Game 7 v the Avs in ’99 and the atmosphere the last five minutes at Reunion (when people began to realize we were actually going to the Cup Finals) was electrifying.
There is a big, big difference over what they had at Reunion and what they have now at AAC . Given the choice, I’d much rather see them at Reunion.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions
Nice description, thanks!
Also love the “caste system” ref… I hate that shit at the AAC. I snuck down to the Platinum Level last year and it was fucking amazing. THIS is where they keep the good food, I discovered. With a few exceptions, everything concession-wise on the lower and top levels at the AAC is pure ass.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:39 AM CST up reply actions
i was at the mavs game last night
in one of our clients’ suites. I get to be in a suite at the AAC probably a dozen times a year for various reasons, and I can tell you, that the platinum and suite levels are the absolute best.
you feel like you’re a prick for being up there most of the time, but the exclusivity is kinda cool, too
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 10:55 AM CST up reply actions
I'm jealous
you prick.
:^)
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 11:00 AM CST up reply actions
this is true
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 11:08 AM CST up reply actions
good post josey
Loved the place as well……forgot about that sob Marchment. Now I’m pissed as hell lol. Hated that fucker.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
Hockey curious, is that what they are calling it now?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
The level of play is definitely much higher in the NBA,
but there are a lot of more interesting regular season college games compared to the slog through an 82 game season. (Like college football, this is largely because there are so many more teams than in the pros to start with.)
I should have not watched one second of A&M-UT..
….instead, just watched the whole Mavs-Lakers game. Fuck.
mavs lakers looked like a college game
one team (lakers) has the better athletes and taller players, spends the first half killing the other smaller team (mavs) on the boards and in the paint, seems like every shot is a layup
in the second half the smaller team (mavs) starts actually connecting on threes and is able to scratch by with a collapsing zone defense while the larger, more athletic, worse-shooting bigger team isn’t able to hit shots over the top of that zone. offensive rebounding keeps them in the game but they ultimately can’t overcome a hot half of shooting
sounds familiar? like every single march madness upset?
Section 239, Row 1, Seats 1&2
Lamar Odom's wife is bigger than half the roster of the Mavericks.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
She frightens JJ Barea.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
She frightens all straight men who don't enjoy dating NFL linebackers.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:19 AM CST up reply actions
I heard it even frightens those people, too.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
that's a big bitch
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
HUGE.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Freak!
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 20, 2011 4:41 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, the level of talent is higher in the NBA, but it doesn't make it more watchable for me.
It’s part of what makes it much less so. My favorite teams to watch in college are rarely the most athletically gifted.
UT isn't a top 10 basketball team? I can't think of 10 better basketball teams, and I watch a LOT of college basketball.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
baYlor
/Mike E
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Yeah right.
Mike E’s programming isn’t crazy.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 20, 2011 10:30 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ohio State,
Kansas, Syracuse, Duke, Pittsburgh, San Diego State, Villanova, Connecticut, Brigham Young, Texas A&M
Texas A&M is better?
Did you see the game last night?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
It was just an off night to lose by 21 points
and be that much better
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Michigan State is in a rut right now, ganna have to figure out what their identity is.
Notre Dame is a great team, at home. On the road, different discussion.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
I'd still say they are both better than UT.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:41 AM CST up reply actions
Really?
So UT didnt go to East Lansing and beat Michigan State by 12?
They also beat UConn in Connecticut…
But ya, sure, lets just ignore those games.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:43 AM CST up reply actions
Ok
So one head-to-head game is the end all determining factor of who is the better team?
Ok.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
No, but the two teams HAVE played, UT was the road team, and won decisively.
So I making the case that the other team is still better is a stretch at best.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:48 AM CST up reply actions
Transitive property!
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
TCU beat USC....
USC beat Texas….
Therefor, TCU is better than Texas.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:48 AM CST up reply actions
Tough day for you to have to rank your two schools.
We’ll give you some time.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Texas #10
TCU # 95
In basketball that is…
For football, its more the other way around.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:52 AM CST up reply actions
I appreciate your support of the Horns, but I have to correct you here.
I went to the UConn game, which was in Austin. UT lost in overtime 82-81. It was a damn good game (the best basketball game that I have ever seen in person) that could have gone either way, but UT did lose in the end.
That does not diminish the quality of UT’s team, which is definitely top 10 right now due to their defense. UT currently ranks #5 nationally in opponent’s FG percentage at 37.1%. Their offense may not always be pretty, but it gets the job done. We will find out just how good UT is on Saturday in Lawrence.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
You're right, I go that and the North Carolina game mixed up... I remember now.
Few offenses are pretty, but when you have a definite post presence, a dynamic wing player and a bunch of guards who can shoot the three effectively, you are pretty well set.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
SDSU is not, easy schedule for them. BYU is not, guard oriented team that if they have a bad shooting half are done (against a goo team), and Texas A&M just lost by 20 to Texas, but you were in sleep mode last night so you missed the game.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
Yesterday was my birthday
You may not had known since AJM apparently didn’t make a topic about it as I requested 3 weeks ago.
by Mike E on Jan 20, 2011 10:42 AM CST up reply actions 5 recs
This is a very sad comment
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Yes, I am funny sometimes
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Yesterday was my birthday too
And here’s the bitch of it – AJM and I are both on facebook so he KNEW it was my birthday and didn’t utter (heh) a peep about it. So welcome to the AJMdoesn’tloveus club.
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
He is a statesist
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 12:39 PM CST up reply actions
Meh
Point differentials in the A&M-UT game tends to get crazy at times, but which doesn’t necessarily indicate how good or bad either team is overall.
Neither team has won that road game in like 6 years.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
Very true... I hate going to College Station for any sport.
But, UT showed they are a better team, overall… A&M is still a good top 15 team that will be a good tournament team, but UT is very good this year.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:45 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe they did...
….but UT didn’t necessarily show that they are a top 10 team either. I don’t think A&M or UT are top 10 caliber.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:46 AM CST up reply actions
YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY WRONG, FUTUREPANTS.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
We won't know until March...
I will make a definitive decision on my UT basketball opinion after they play Kansas in Lawrence this weekend… Depending on how they show there will influence me a lot.
by FormerLSBUser on Jan 20, 2011 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
you forgot unt
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I have high hopes
for the UNT BBall program.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
supposedly had a great recruiting class for a mid=major
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
What is it, shitty writing day?
“Hopefully, fans will here two guys who enjoy conversing with one another and telling the story of our team and that will show through on the air.”
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Actually, it looks like shitty weather day in East Texas.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Word
When did Tyler turn into fucking Seattle?
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:24 AM CST up reply actions
At least we're not Dallas.
22 tonight with wind chills in the low teens. Good luck with that.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I've been talking about it like it's going to be "The Day After Tomorrow"
so hopefully the bosses will send us home.
my work will close when hell freezes over
fucking hate it…..they even expect us in when its dangerous to drive.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
They said on the radio this morning
that the wind chill here was 1. I think I’ll be sitting at my desk all day “working on spreadsheets” and not going anywhere.
Meh.
I nearly drove into a trash can blowing down S. Broadway
by Joey Matschulat on Jan 20, 2011 3:07 PM CST up reply actions
That was Sharky's house.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Why were you blowing down S. Broadway?
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
We have repoire
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Via Twitter
joshlewinstuff josh lewin
congrats to JR- he will do a great job on rangers’ TV PBP. nice guys DO finish first sometimes :) plz give him the same chance y’all gave me
Classy dude.
"By MLB.TV, we can see J. Hamilton's homer, M. Young's clutch, and N. Feliz's explosive. All about Rangers things can be our interest" --South Korean Rangers fan
"LSB is big on the sanctity of life for some reason." ---LSJ
"I don't have to watch awful movies to see hot women. " ---Robbie Griffin
Props for the "y'all"
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:24 AM CST up reply actions
Spelling it correctly deserves kudos.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
yep....sad day tho, still wish Josh was here
oh well….I’ll give Rhads a shot.
"Thumbs/Asses Needing to be Dazzled/The Plan/Ferns " - JW
Which just makes it suck that much more that he won't be doing PBP anymore
Rhadigan is going to have to be amazing to get me to stop wishing for Lewin back in the booth.
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
DMN subscription offers
Out of curiosity I clicked on the subscribe now button to see what the varying offers were. Unbelievably, it seems there is no option for an online only subscription. The cheapest offer is $3.68 every week to have the Sunday paper delivered + full digital access.
The best part is this laugher of an option in small print:
*I do not want access to eEdition, please lower my monthly price by $.01
This is hilariously stupid.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
CueCat!
"Scared? We're not scared...We do this every day. Scared is being in a prison yard."- Michael Young
Epic failure.
How long did that pointless crap last? A couple months?
"There's really no way of knowing... Sometimes when I see their big eyes looking up from my lap I think, that's definitely a homeless guy in a fur coat." Betty White on SNL
by Pocket Ninja on Jan 20, 2011 10:46 AM CST up reply actions
Would not have guessed this in forever:
Last season, 114 players finished with more than 500 at-bats. Only one, Joe Mauer, was a catcher.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Deer antlers the new PED
via Craig Calcaterra:
Apparently the active ingredient — IGF-1 — is one of the main proteins in human growth hormone. The author of the piece — Dan Wetzel — talks about its use being widespread in the NFL and gets quotes from the usual hand-wringing suspects about just how awful this is.
Well, I guess is probably does more than phiten necklaces.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
Those darn kids
What’ll they think of next?
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:39 AM CST up reply actions
The original yahoo article is more indepth
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AvzTOoRS7juWnfmPWBSJcr85nYcB?slug=dw-deerantlers011911
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Reminds me of that Futurama episode where Lrrr buys Fry's human horn
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
IGF-1 is not one of the main proteins in hGH.
That doesn’t make any sense.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah
Opening up my browser and seeing Joba’s fat mug come up over my Jordana wallpaper is one of the most serious downgrades in scenery I think I’ve ever seen.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Flagged
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:00 AM CST up reply actions
What a strangely worded comment.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Fixed
Not a boob straight guy.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:05 AM CST up reply actions
*sigh
Not a boob straight guy.
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:05 AM CST up reply actions
I hate this fucking website sometimes
*facepalm
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:06 AM CST up reply actions
Accidents like this could be avoided if more people stopped posting on this site as if every thread is a fucking chatroom
by oc on Jan 20, 2011 4:52 PM CST up reply actions
Nobody said you had to read anything posted here, so go fuck yourself.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 20, 2011 4:54 PM CST up reply actions 9 recs
We should raise the rec limit too if you and your buttbuddies are going to just green each other's lameass comments
by oc on Jan 20, 2011 5:49 PM CST up reply actions
We have moderators you know.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Such a beacon of incredible thoughts.
Please continue.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
If i did that it would only extend a useless conversation further
which is what you and Cathy, and Nancy, and Carolyn and the rest of your little chit-chat cafe want
by oc on Jan 20, 2011 6:11 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, fuck us for wanting to talk on a message board.
Fucking ridiculous. We should just step aside and let guys like you run the show. That would be better for everyone.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
You need to do an updated one..........
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I'll second this.
That was a good time. I was still in my lightly lurking phase then, I believe.
"I don't really like pitchers." - Nelson Cruz
You remind me of a Carolyn.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Carolyn Kennedy ring a bell?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
SWEET CAROLINE DUN DUN DAH
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
That he steals from LL.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
THIS IS SPARTA
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Maybe he means he's not a BOB guy
As in he doesn’t like people named Bob? Only explanation I can think of.
Meh.
Can't win 'em all.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
TWSS
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
you could just say
not a guy, then.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
you're a boob
LSJ is not into you.
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
You can rest better knowing LSJ isn't "into you"
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It's not like I can't appreciate a nice rack
Especially a well proportioned one like say, Eliza Dushku – it’s just that it’s not an especially huge deal to me one way or the other.
Legs and face are where it’s at for me.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Maybe he means that just one boob doesn't do it for him?
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:11 AM CST up reply actions
Still fucked up, then
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
All that attention.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Such a fantastic and overlooked movie.
THAT’S A LOT OF NUTS!
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:14 AM CST up reply actions
This has probably been the first time there was a Kung Pao reference on LSB.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Good morning
"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
Good morning :)
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Hey, you still do mortgages, right?
Is it going to reflect badly on me that on the bank statement I’m providing to our lender I have a transaction where I dumped 800 bucks in the savings account and used “RANGERRRRRRRS” as the description? It’s our season ticket money.
I am so paranoid right now it hurts.
"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
Yes, it looks better if you describe it as RANGERRRRRR$
(I never use the description field. Maybe that’s a good thing?)
I usually don't, either.
So of course this would be the statement I’m giving the lender.
"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
Not really
You can source it as being from the Rangers.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Can we even use symbols in usernames?
"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
Trend setter, bitches!
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Ooh, this reminds me
I’m playing a game where my current familiar is a Mini-Hipster.
I named him Future Pants.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by Lisa W on Jan 20, 2011 10:28 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
and shouldn't it be future familiar?
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
He's a little sidekick that helps me in combat
The Mini-Hipster sometimes delevels my opponent, sometimes give me extra meat (cash) in combat, sometimes heals me or restores mana, and sometimes lets me fight special monsters – his crazy ex-girlfriend, etc.
His current equipment is an Ironic Moustache, and I just got a special drop for my character – ironic jogging shorts.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by Lisa W on Jan 20, 2011 10:33 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Does he degrade your enemies' self esteem by making clever jokes about how they are out of touch by referencing bands and things that your enemy isn't aware of?
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:36 AM CST up reply actions
Is he far less clever than he actually believes himself to be?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 20, 2011 10:37 AM CST up reply actions 4 recs
Well done Esquire
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
Yes
that’s what delevels them. Sometimes he also deals them huge amounts of heat or cold damage. Here are two things he just did for me:
Future Pants teaches you the subtle differences between an ironic moustache and a regular ol’ creepy moustache. You feel a little more moxious.
I gained 3 Moxie substat from that. Then he did this:
Future Pants gains the Power of Love! In practical terms, that means he pulls a flaming sword out of his chest and stabs it with it for 202 damage. Man, the Power of Love is a curious thing.
Awesome, yes? I think I like this one better than the Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot, which was my previous favorite familiar.
"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
What game is this?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Kingdom of Loathing
"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
One thing about the power of love...
….is that you don’t need no credit card to ride this train.
by FuturePants on Jan 20, 2011 10:44 AM CST up reply actions
And it might just save your life
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 11:54 AM CST up reply actions
Hobo Spirt
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
I don't Hobopolis access yet
my clan has a big ol Karma threshold I haven’t hit yet
"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
I think I still have an empty clan with a basement you can use if you'd like
Hobos and Slime, if it still exists. Haven’t logged in in some time.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
I might check it out later
I just ascended as a Pastamancer. First time I’ve played a Myst class – I like Accordion Thief much better.
"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
Myst is hard as butt in HC, without a good set of skills behind you
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Yep
but I’m trying to get the Nemesis trophy, and I’ve already finished the Seal Clubber and Turtle Tamer runs. Have to Pasta and Sauce next before I can go back to moxie.
"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
I'm so absolutely confused by this subthread
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 20, 2011 11:08 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought this was a
Scott Pilgrim reference…I was apparently wrong
by grn_lantern on Jan 20, 2011 11:10 AM CST up reply actions
KOL, yes, yes
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Future Pant$ or Future Pantz?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Buenos Dias, es muy frio in Lubbock.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Yep
Glad somebody else went Spanish Nazi before I did.
“Hace mucho frio en Lubbock.”
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 10:12 AM CST up reply actions
Meh.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
The dogo in the streeto abouto get hito by car.
That’s how most people speak it.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Where's IncarceratedBob?
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
He's become
LethallyInjectedBob
Me: But if we move to some state where our views are in the majority, I won't have anything to rant against all day long! What will fuel my rage??
Girlfriend: Well...you'll still have the Yankees.
by WildcatPhoenix on Jan 20, 2011 9:57 AM CST up reply actions
Name change?
"I fully expect to lose tonight" -- LSJ
by Dirk Diggler on Jan 20, 2011 10:36 AM CST up reply actions
Looks like we've seen another round here in the past few days.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
im confused now
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
are you tyd?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Change just happened, Jam....change just happened.....and I don't like it one bit.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
He's now Judy's Lewinski
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
We should call him "Raisin Bran"
by Adam J. Morris on Jan 20, 2011 10:01 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
Heymen gets scoops of something all rigth.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
OT- Sturm says no on Prince based on this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVeWn3bwWTg
Don't listen to me. I'm a fucking moron.
I bet you were into some androgyny back in the day.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
That's a stupid thing to say.
He picked his worst game against one of the 2 or 3 best receivers in college football. He had two or three ‘bad’ plays from what I saw on that film. Once, he got blocked out of the picture by Blackmon…Blackmon is so big though, this doesn’t seem to be especially embarrassing. Later in the tape, Prince gets off a couple of Blackmon’s blocks.
Second, he gave up a long TD pass on a flea flicker where Blackmon was able to accelerate past him…because Prince took one false step and hesitated when the RB had the ball. This suggests more of a great play design by the offense than a deficiency by the CB. I guess you’d like to see him make a better tackle there.
The biggest mistake to me was the longer PI call. Blackmon legit beat him there and Prince had no other real options.
There was another play where Blackmon caught the ball over Prince who was on the ground, but he was on the ground because Blackmon committed an offensive PI.
I’d be ecstatic if Prince was around for the Cowboys to draft.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 11:43 AM CST up reply actions
"Hopefully, fans will here two guys..."
here
by Mike E on Jan 20, 2011 10:19 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
hear
/Mike E
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
The Asian girl from LA?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Ixnay on the Hooters fried appetizer plate
Ugh, my tummy.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
I highly doubt the A team was out there at this point, anyway.
Why would you go?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
No, this was yesterday lunch
I am now paying for it.
"I support you, Wash; I’ve always supported you," Young said
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
Rhadigan......a little tip for ya.....
Don’t tell me where Vernon Wells is from or who is his BFF!!
- LSB has ADD -
It will be nice to stop hearing about how Murphy's a Baylor Bear every time he's up.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Nonsense.
=)
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
During the Mavs game last night when they showed Face and Vernon
I was so hoping they’d say “…and there’s Michael Young again, with his BFF Vernon Wells, who, get this, is from Arlington…”
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 10:47 AM CST up reply actions
It would scare everyone to know what Matt Rose makes a year.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
The President and CFO
of my company lives there. HIs house is splendid.
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Does he have his own bowling ally in his house?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
no, but he has two pools.
and the best in-house bar in which i have ever drank.
also has a baller game room with pool table and shuffleboard.
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
Dang.
Pays to be a boss.
Note to self
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I use to work in Westlake
Many large houses out there.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 11:25 AM CST up reply actions
Morning threads have turned into real yawners.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!???
"Calmer than you are dude"
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Jan 20, 2011 11:12 AM CST up reply actions
Seriously, the most interesting discussion was Lisa's description of her videogame hipster
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Rick Perry seems like he's got a crazy streak in him
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
A mile wide.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
He looks like what's his name from College Game Day.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Herbie?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
No, Fowler.
It’s the hair.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 11:27 AM CST up reply actions
Oh yeah, I can see that.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Chris Fowler.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
am I wrong in saying
that I think the Bob DeNiro part in Machete was written around him?
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 20, 2011 4:43 PM CST up reply actions
Don't sit there like a frigid bitch in bed
complaining that her man is boring and doesn’t know how to curl her toes.
Bring something to the party.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:15 AM CST up reply actions
Please keep your personal life off the boards.
Especially your sexual dysfunction.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
He just can't stand
us old-timers reminiscing about arenas and concerts past.
Fucking young-uns.
:^)
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 11:17 AM CST up reply actions
Most of the time when I try that I wind up making the thread deader.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
We're all just dying anyway.
/LSJ
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Wow, I didn't realize this went green.
I’m annoyed by the head being blocked, but I made it in a hurry.
What element is the thread lacking for you?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
Nothing entertaining
And no discussions I can get in on or want to get in on.
I need some cues to work off of, goddammit.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Ot - bout to spend the next few hours picking up inlaws....
what’s the best way to get to Love from D/FW?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Where in DFW?
You just listed a huge area with hundreds of routes.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 20, 2011 11:29 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
I assume he meant the airport
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
Probably reasonable, I just read it as the entire metroplex.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
It's like my friends and family form back home who call
every place in DFW Dallas. Like if they are coming to my house (West Fort Worth) they tell me when they will be in Dallas. I have to explain to them that Dallas is over 30 miles away.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
lol.. if u are in denton ryin.. just go down 35 south until you see luv field exit
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 20, 2011 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
35 sucks.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
fine.. go from 35 to george bush.. to dallas tollway south
to mockingbird.. or lemmon whichever it is..
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 20, 2011 11:32 AM CST up reply actions
Probably teleportation.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 11:30 AM CST up reply actions
or from dfw take south exit.. 183 to 35 to love field
by I am Neftali Feliz on Jan 20, 2011 11:31 AM CST up reply actions
this is what i needed, thanks.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
The way to get love at D/FW is to go to
the bathroom sit on the toilet seat with an extra wide stance and wait for a foot tap.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 11:31 AM CST up reply actions 3 recs
From DFW airport?
Take 360 North to 114 East and exit Mockingbird (turn left, go east).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
oor yhis, thanks
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
one handed typing
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
He good...baby 1 has become very defiant....it's kinda funny.
I’ll ask him to do stuff and he’ll just shake his head “no” and run off…it made me so mad the first couple days, now I just laugh it off…all you can do.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
How old is he?
Whip his ass when he does that. It works. I promise.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
wow, that's aggressive
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 12:10 PM CST up reply actions
I don't have kids.
Just the way I was raised.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
well, after that comment, don't
TagDon't Tweet wants to remind you of the time TagDon’tTweet quoted TagDon’tTweet utilizing a metaphor in which TagDon’tTweet successfully likened Josey Wales to an abysmal football team, as TagDon’tTweet finds it quite confusing the amount of references Josey Wales makes to other sports when discussing what Josey Wales describes as The Great Game.
by TagDon'tTweet on Jan 20, 2011 12:28 PM CST up reply actions
I hate to engage a possible troll
but that doesn’t necessarily work with all kids. Children are individual people. Some need physical “correction.” For others, that makes the problem worse. All you have to do to get my kid to behave is raise your voice. I’ve never had to lay a hand on him. He gets frustrated very easily, so I think if I showed him that it’s OK to use physical “violence” to solve problems, he’d start parroting that behavior and smash the shit out of anything that was making him angry. My next one? He’ll probably be the total opposite.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
the raising of the voice does work with my youngest right now.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
if I raise my voice loud enough to Bob Jr
it reduces him to tears. I figure me spanking him would totally fuck his shit up right now.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
My dad wouldn't raise his voice - he'd just use the angry voice
And some swearing thrown in for good measure (god damnit – sonofabitch – none of the big ones). We were in a McDonalds when I was about 10. Little boy in front of us was whining incessantly while the mom tried to reason with him. My dad did the angry voice and told the boy “you knock that crap off right now.” Scared the hell out of the kid, he shut up, freaked the mom out and I was embarassed that my dad was scolding strangers. Whatever. My dad’s old-school. He expects everyone to behave.
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
he's 2 and a half...he doesn't fully get it yet.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Has he taken to his cage?
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 12:44 PM CST up reply actions 4 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
he's a free roaming squid
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
To be rude for a moment, I've come to the conclusion there are entirely too many parents on LSB
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
they're everywhere, kiddo.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
yes
let’s all stop procreating so that the awful human race can die off finally.
#TheWorldIsAVampire
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
Actually, less procreating probably wouldn't be a bad thing at this point
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
That's not really true.
At least, not in the US.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
Ya we are reaching that threshold of no return.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Don't worry.
I’ve got this.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I knew it.
One of those you miss more times than you think.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
That's pretty much the case
with any website with a mostly-adult population.
"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
And by that I don't mean "too many"
I mean, parents will be pretty numerous, if not the majority.
"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
True, but not every website turns into a nusery-room chat center at the drop of the hat
Something that seems to be happening at an increasingly annoying rate around here of late.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
It's something to do
while pimping out your kids.
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
by DJCahill on Jan 20, 2011 12:55 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, if you're going to be okay with OT conversation
you have to understand that the discussions are sometimes going to drift in directions that you don’t care about.
And then get over it.
by Robert L. Bishop on Jan 20, 2011 12:56 PM CST up reply actions
Wow.
I was pretty aggressively child-free before it became impossible for me to ever have kids of my own, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this website as annoyingly kid-centered.
Just scroll on by. Let it go.
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by Lisa W on Jan 20, 2011 12:56 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
He just needs some attention right now.
"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 Ryin A on Jan 20, 2011 12:56 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
It's true, I'm just bored and crabby right now
But I am tired of hearing about everyone’s stinking kids.
Normally I wouldn’t say anything though, but like I said, bored and crabby.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Lucy crashed.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Nah, she's just busy sinking Australia.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
You sold her?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
well, if someone is going to ask about my kids, I'm going to answer.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
how are your kids, Ryan?
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
Loud and needy.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I like you too.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Talk about your kids all you want.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 12:59 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I will.
I worry about LSJ.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Are you a shrink or something?
Not a potshot, serious question.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
He's just worried about running into you at a post office.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
If a shrink is a therapist, then yes, I'm about a year away from licensure.
I am not a psychiatrist though (which I usually equate “shrink” with)
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
you're gonna have to have a FanPost where you therapize Jon
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
It's going to be a group effort.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I just wondered, based off of the way you phrased some stuff in the past
Kinda thought you where in that field.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I'm practicing on you malakas.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
crazy
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
But that would imply I've been in a good mood at some point
/LSB meme
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
outdated term for bipolar disorder...get hip, Draper.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
I was, I spelled it "Maniac"
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 1:18 PM CST up reply actions
Will you be getting
Analrapists bidness cards?
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 1:12 PM CST up reply actions
*Analrapist
fucking bit killing typo
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 1:14 PM CST up reply actions
I find it sort of odd that you would be mad about Futurepants perceived bragging about his love life and not about this, dude.
Either you where just jacking with FP that day, or you’re being polite.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
The Obsession Continues
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
Correction- Reeks of Methane
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
You know what?
I honestly couldn’t say.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
when a man figures out
that it feels better when you stick it into an actual woman, children are sometimes the result.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
I'm more fascinated
by the number of attorneys on this site.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 12:50 PM CST up reply actions
this
a highly disproportionate amount, I’d say.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
No further questions
I SAID NO FURTHER QUESTIONS!
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
"Once you suffer through it, it’s all glorious beard from there." -GoET
"It was a cavalcade of what-the-fuckery." -ldw speaking about the AM thread on 1-11-11
We need more Angie Harmon-like attorneys 'round here.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
Objection: speculation.
Witness has no expertise in demographics.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
If LSJ hates talk about kids, I wonder how he feels
about some of the lying sack of shit LSB attorneys taking a whack at “comedy”?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
by Josey Wales on Jan 20, 2011 1:33 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Lying sack of shit attorneys?
Why, Josey, about whom do you speak?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Take a good long look in the mirror.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
Tell me, then.
How you are justifying in calling me a liar.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
You're a lawyer
Therefore you are a lying sack of shit.
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
When you get sworn in they make
you promise to lie to the best of your abilities.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Aren't you an attorney?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
I going with libel AND slander
Libel since it was published. Slander since I’m guessing Wails is too old and lazy to actually type so he has voice recognition software and his wet nurse (the necessary third party for slander) heard him say this.
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
If I lie I get sued and/or lose clients.
So I try not to do that much.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Gold Card
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Speaking of that
I can’t believe they want us to vote to change rule 1.13. Bunch of assholes in Austin
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
You want to represent people with whom you've had a sexual relationship and are not married?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
They want us to vote that you can not
have sex with your client unless you have had a sexual relationship prior to them becoming a client.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Right.
So you want to diddle your clients. That seems reasonable on your part. I vote no.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
So you don't want to make whoopie
with a hot client if you weren’t married. What happens if you don’t get the outcome the client wants. Now they can just say you got it on eventhough it was consensual or you didn’t at all and they are lying and now you are fucked.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I'm agreeing with you! I was being serious.
I’m not against the changes in Ballot Question E, though.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I don't know enough about the ethical machinations of other attorneys to speculate on that.
I’m just looking at the proposed changes and those seem to be fine, if not entirely necessary.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Well I remember last year a
guy dot disbarred for excepting lap dances as payment in his office.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
And "accepting," not excepting.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
No shit
If you can’t tell I have been sick the past two days and my brain is more stupider than normal.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I love that the jackass attorney thought he could get away with that.
I wonder who turned him in. Had to be the client, right?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yea. She was a stripper
but she said that he violated the no touching rule. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/09/19/lap-dances-for-legal-work-not-in-the-land-of-lincoln/
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I couldn't tell your typing
had sarcasm markings. Or if you were telling me not diddle. SORRY!
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
That sounds completely
fucking retarded. Who you boink or don’t boink is no business of the state.
LSB memetarded.
by DonDrapersOPS on Jan 20, 2011 2:00 PM CST up reply actions
I can see the side that says you might be conflicted if you boink someone who is a client.
But at the same time, I can’t imagine very many scenarios where it would negatively impact your handling of the case.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Not if you're a doctor.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
Josey calling someone else a liar
Classic. Just one day after lying to matt dillon and getting caught in it.
What did he get caught saying?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Are you Mudville Mudcows?
/Dirk
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I'm fascinated by the amount of time we spend here.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
It is kind of odd that with the breadth of my interests
The site I have 55k comments on is a baseball site full of older dudes I have little to nothing in common with outside of the Rangers.
Of course, I have little in common with just about anyone so maybe that’s not saying much.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
Is that sad piano music I hear in the background?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
Your nursing home hired a pianist to play in the common room?
Snazzy.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
by Aqua on Jan 20, 2011 1:54 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Wait, is this supposed to be an "EmoJon meme" comment?
And you went with piano music?
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
I would have gone with a slide-whistle
Wails probably meant the giving end of a rusty trombone.
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
Are you allowed to give rusty trombones to clients
in Wyoming?
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
If it's on the clock
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
"Full service law firm" is not a figurative term
If you want to please your clients you do what you do.
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CBsQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7TntdZOQRR8&rct=j&q=to%20zanarkand&ei=L6g4Tf2gDIeCsQPR4JTZAw&usg=AFQjCNH7C0bQyx23DK-O6zW2JJ7AYQyDZA&cad=rja" target="new">I’m thinking something like this.
I tried to flag this, but I accidentally rec'd it.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Let's say we do sign a DH, and MY gets handed the 1b job. . .
Will there be an Open Letter to Mitch Moreland?
No, because he'd be back up at some point during the season
But there would be carping over “when is David Murphy gonna play?”
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.
OT: JJJ isn't going to be in Spider-Man?!
I’m about to be as angry as Goet.
I am laughing at people on movie sites freaking out about “webs from a DEVICE?!”
It looks dumb.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 3:59 PM CST up reply actions
How far away is he from where you are sitting?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Professor: "What would happen if we dropped a male chimp in to a group of bonobos?"
Tweed: raises hand
Professor: Yes?
Tweed: “It could be any number of things.”
Class: silence
That was his entire answer?
If so, that would draw an audible “WHAT” from me in a classroom situation.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"any number" is not technically correct.
That allows for an absolutely unlimited number of possible outcomes, and there are certain things that can be ruled out. For example, we know for a fact that the male chimp would not suddenly turn into a giraffe. We also know that it would not flap its arms and fly away.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Please enlighten me.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
I've seen arguments that on a quantum level there's some non-zero probability
of all the random shit that would need to happen to turn the chimp into a giraffe (or replace the chimp with a giraffe teleported from somewhere else), it’s just extremely, extremely unlikely.
And by “extremely, extremely unlikely” I mean “not in a million billion years.” So even if that is a valid interpretation—which I can’t remember at the moment—it’s all academic anyway.
So help me come up with an absolutely impossible scenario.
So we can defeat the Tweed Asshole’s “any number” statement.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
This is correct.
Because there is so much space between the nucleus and the electrons in every molecule (let’s keep it at that level here), theoretically you could line up everything to be out of phase just right and throw a tennis ball through a wall and have it come out the other side.
Think of it like a turnstyle that takes your ticket on some subways/metros. Only instead of one ticket going through a hole/designed path, you would need to the do that for the millions of nuclei in thrown object and the larger object.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 6:51 PM CST up reply actions
Yes, that was his entire answer.
This occurred by the way when I posted it. Not the same talking I was talking about above.
As I post this message, he is talking about the way men are with other men when women aren’t around.
“It tends to be an aggressive, alpha thing where men try and say ‘my car is better than yours, my mustache is better than yours.’”
You're sure he's not trying to be clever?
Because if I heard someone in a tweed jacket say ‘my mustache is better than yours’, I’d literally laugh out loud. That’s some funny shit.
My goatee is more handsome than your's.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:00 PM CST up reply actions
You've seen my goatee.
It is magnificent.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yes,
but I prefer my style where the entire upper lip isn’t covered.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
It's not that fun
Shaving’s a bitch. God I hate it. My hate cannot be quantified.
Hobson, did you see that?
Yes.
She stole that tie! It's the perfect crime. Girls don't wear ties; although some do. It's not a perfect crime, but it's a good crime.
Yes. If she murdered the tie it would be the perfect crime.
Shaving does suck, but not as bad as neck beards.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
That's the thing. I have to shave like crazy for the regions where hair does grow.
But there is no decent of pattern of facial hair that I could make if I let it grow out.
I grow shitty patches of hair
I blame my Native American blood for my lack of hair.
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 10:32 PM CST up reply actions
So much GenericSpeak.
You should play Devil’s Advocate (assuming your prof isn’t).
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:00 PM CST up reply actions
He's not wearing a tweed suit, by the way.
He’s wearing a brown sweater that looks awfully itchy over a powder blue dress shirt with a pink tie.
That's absurd.
My mustache is the best of all possible mustaches.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
This seems like it could easily be turned
into a comic strip character.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
Weren't you Pig Vomit in Stern's movie?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
That dude is a great actor.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
One of my all-time favorites.
Great in John Adams, American Splendor, Storytelling… he’s done a lot of good stuff.
try this one on right before New Years...
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 20, 2011 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
handsome fella
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Wilford Brimley?
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
I want to taste that mustache
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
party time
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Uh oh.
Professor: “Humans appeared 150,000 years ago.”
Student (not Tweed): “This is all theoretical, right?”
ALERT ALERT ALERT
GO TEAM JESUS.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"No, it's factual."
What did the prof say?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions
Professor:
Right now it’s football season. About five years ago, there was a linebacker named Tate, and he was awesome and got them to the playoffs and stuff. So they used him in these commercials.
Not sure if serious. . .
Can we get correspondence credit for taking this class with you?
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Oh, and I was not complaining by the way.
I enjoy the updates. I had a similar experience with a classmate in a Biology class. He was a brown-nosing know-it-all who I called The Bio Boy. It was great when he showed up late for a test one day and the professor ripped into him. He looked so hurt.
Superman wears Josh Hamilton pajamas.
Tate?
I don’t remember him..is this an obscure Seahawks thing?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:18 PM CST up reply actions
Ah, I see this now.
Next time, I’ll google first.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:19 PM CST up reply actions
Terry Tate Office Linebacker is one of the best commercial series.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
Jon Heyman - Yankee Homer
if pettitte pitches, is it overstating to say #yankees to have 9 hall candidates? other 8: jeter, arod, mo, jorge, cc, andruw, cano, teix
Really? I see 3 Hall of Famers in that group. Jeter/A-Rod/Mo are locks. CC and Pettite are very unlikely. Teix/Cano way too early to tell. Andruw and Posada. Come on.
Come on to Jones?
You need to go back and look up how good he was. He just peaked and declined younger than most players.
I looked over the last hour.
Look at his milestone numbers. He has no shot. .256 career BA, .338 BA, fewer than 2000 hits right now. A bench player by the age of 31. There is absolutely no chance he gets into the hall of fame.
The key word was "candidate"
And as more people like Keith Law and Rob Neyer get Hall of Fame votes, that will be absolutely correct.
Who cares when he was a bench player, by the way, if he was an elite player younger than most?
The HoF voters care
They care about milestones and Andruw Jones has gold gloves and 400 homers. That is the only case he has. Very, very weak.
Again, "candidate."
Guy who gets legitimate arguments. Jones does. And 10 years from now, I’ll bet his case is seen as even stronger as there are fewer voters as backwards in the BBWAA as there have been in the recent past.
You're probably right.
At least, I hope you are. I hope we’re not still hearing so much about all of this in 6 or 7 years.
So did Bagwell
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chain saw?
I'll give you the candidate argument
I just don’t see him getting serious consideration unless he turns his career around. Look at his similar batters by age 33: Dale Murphy, Reggie Jackson, Jose Canseco, Shawn Green, Duke Snider, Bobby Bonds, Eddie Murray, Sammy Sosa. The guys who got in kept hitting for a few years. The guys that didn’t flat lined early. What will Andruw Jones do?
Depends on how much brighter the BBWAA gets in the next 5-20 years or so, and how much more we learn about defensive metrics.
Also, I refuse to look at similar batters because it’s meant to be a toy, not a tool.
Andruw is more likely than Posada, Tex, or Cano.
Including Cano on this list is ridiculous. Might as well ask if Hamilton was going to make it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Jones would give me pause just because a lot of his value comes from defense, and that's a speculative practice.
If you zero out his defense, he’s not even close, and that’s the kind of player I’m not going to be 100% on.
IF you take his defensive metrics at face value, though, he belongs without much of an argument. At least by the standard we’ve set.
Of course, he won’t even be on the ballot for 6+ years, and there’s a good chance he hangs around for the full 15, and by that time, we should know a lot more about defense.
Jones
88th in career fWAR. 108th in bWAR.
Among position players. And that’s not over a long career as a compiler.
Pettite will make it just for his postseason record.
Not saying he should or he shouldn’t, but I think he will.
Jeter/ARod/Rivera are locks like you said. Jorge will get support from being on the Yankees for a million years. Teix shouldn’t so far and wouldn’t if his career ended today. He’ll have to produce a lot more than he has to make it.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Hall standards are going to have to change for Pettitte to get in
Starting pitchers just don’t get in anymore. Bert Blyleven is the latest starter to begin his career that is in the hall right now. Guys like Greg Maddux and Randy Johnson will get in. Pettitte is extremely unlikely.
Pedro, Randy,
Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz?
Schilling? Mussina?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
I figured steroids kills his chances.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:37 PM CST up reply actions
Him and Bonds will be the test
The two greatest players of this generation.
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
Indeed.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:41 PM CST up reply actions
Randy and Maddux will for sure
Pedro should but his low win total might keep him out.
Glavine might because he hit 300 wins. I highly doubt Smoltz, Schilling and Mussina will due to the current voting patterns. Not enough wins.
Clemens is a different story all together.
Smoltz had a lot of saves as well.
Schilling gets in for the rings and the north east bias.
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
Schilling will be interesting.
One of the best pitchers by WAR and has the playoff wins, but doesn’t have the regular season win totals of many other candidates.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:44 PM CST up reply actions
There is no way Pedro doesn't make it.
Anyone who doesn’t vote for him is fucking insane.
Smoltz, Schilling, and Glavine all belong, too, without a doubt.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Yeah,
I wonder who the others will be. If you take Clemens that’s 6 starting pitchers from that era? Plus Mariano and probably Trevor Hoffman, so 2 closers?
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:48 PM CST up reply actions
He doesn't have the win totals because he went into relief for a while.
But he was fucking awesome at that, too.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Wow.
Cliff Lee: 30 WAR.
I would have expected that to be higher. Even if he stays at this plateau over the next 3-4 years, he’s not going to be able to accumulate enough WAR to get up into the Mussina-Smoltz-Kevin Brown group. On a somewhat related note, I am so, so happy we did not give him a 7 year guaranteed contract.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:47 PM CST up reply actions
Tex is going to Cooperstown in 2028.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
He'll need to produce at a much higher level than he is now.
Bagwell was a much better player and he’s not even in yet.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
By Lance Berkman's 8th year, he had ~40 WAR.
And that was really 7+ years, not 8 full ones. He was 30 in the last year of that.
Teixeira just played his age 30 season with 8 virtually full years and he has 36.3 WAR.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:41 PM CST up reply actions
44.1 from Bagwell in his first eight years.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Bagwell has been voted on one time, Mineral Wells.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
Better player and he's not in the Hall.
Teix is on the downside of his career. He won’t make it unless he blows up.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
Wow.
Albert Pujols just turned 31 four days ago…and already has 80 career WAR.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:50 PM CST up reply actions
Jim Rice is in the HOF ...and now Blyleven is in....the standards have been lowered.
Tex is going to hit 450-500 bombs with 5-10 GG’s while playing on the highest profile team in the game and he already has one ring….he’s well on his way to Cooperstown.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
Will Teixeira make it to Gary Sheffield's 65?
If he plays for 5 more years, he would need to average about 6 WAR/year. His three best seasons are 7.3 WAR, 5.9 WAR, and 5.4 WAR…with nothing else being over 4.5 WAR.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:54 PM CST up reply actions
Teixeira has 275 career home runs.
Which means he would need to average more than 35 home runs a year over the next six years (where he will almost certainly decline) in order to get to 500.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 4:56 PM CST up reply actions
They don't test for HGH
Maybe Teix gets better with age
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
There's a decent chance
even that wouldn’t work because the short term gain wouldn’t allow him to have a long enough career to get there. Even with steroids, I don’t think Tex is a 60 HR guy.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 5:00 PM CST up reply actions
No but 40-45 a year is very doable in that park
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
But then he would have to play for another 6 years
and then you get into questions of how steroids affect longevity.
If Brad Pitt is playing Beane who do you want playing you?
JD: Eddie Guardado.
by GhettoBear04 on Jan 20, 2011 6:52 PM CST up reply actions
The key is not to over do it like Juan Gone
but instead do it like Raffy or Bonds
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
by Texas Jihad on Jan 20, 2011 10:33 PM CST up reply actions
Jim Rice had a 41.5 WAR and never played for a World Champion nor did
he win a GG.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"If the Cliff Lee Contract was really keeping me from doing other things, I had no fucking business whatsoever trying to sign him in the first place."
Tex can't hold Pujols' jock strap.
It goes deeper. People take out their frustrations with Josey on their real-life acquaintances, which propagates forward, and before you know it you’ve got more marriages in an easily-smashable state.
by Closure GT on Dec 14, 2010 9:48 AM CST
As for linking DMN pay articles
I’d like to cast my vote in the roundly negative.
Not officially, they have an agreement in place.
He won’t be “signed” until he clears waivers.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
True
Just going off a report on ESPN radio
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
gross
"Look at our current situation with that camel f$%ker over in Iraq. Pacifism is not something to hide behind."
by Walter Sobchak on Jan 20, 2011 4:46 PM CST up reply actions
I like it. We needed a shooter and we gave up nothing
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
This tweet says it best:
espn_macmahon Tim MacMahon
Look at the #Mavs’ Peja move this way: Would you rather have him, Steve Novak or Alexis Ajinca as the tall shooter on the bench?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
x
STEIN_LINE_HQ Marc Stein
Updated ESPN.com link to the forthcoming Toronto-Dallas transactions that will land Peja Stojakovic with Mavs: http://es.pn/gWav4k
No 1st rounder, it appears
Ajinca, meanwhile, will be dealt to the Raptors along with a 2013 second-round pick that Toronto had sent to Dallas in last year’s draft in exchange for the rights to rookie center Solomon Alabi and cash considerations. In return, Dallas will receive the rights to 2007 second-round pick Georgios Printezis (who plays in Spain and is no longer considered an NBA prospect) and create a salary-cap exception equal to Ajinca’s $1.5 million salary.
Really
I haven’t heard that. I kind of like him too.
"Torture you? That's a good idea. I like that." - Mr. Blonde
Makes sense
The Mavs promised Ajinca’s agent before the season that they’d try to trade him to get more playing time.
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