Most Hated AL West Team Poll
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 10:58 AM CDT
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PrintUnsurprisingly, I've been seeing a lot of contempt in the comments regarding the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and it has me curious to see just how much they are disliked by this community compared to the rest of the West.
So, which team in the AL West do you dislike the most? Do you still hate the Mariners for 1995-2001? Are you still mad at the A's for demanding Hank Blalock as compensation for Grady Fuson? Or has the Angels recent run of success in the division, and general Angelness, made them your most disliked?
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Surprise!
It’s still the Mariners.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 10:59 AM CDT reply actions
Yep
my sports hate for them developed in the 90’s and I still chuckle at their misery, My head tells me it should be the Angles, but I really do still hate the Mariners more.
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on Apr 19, 2011 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I remember them trying to argue that
Dan Wilson was a better catcher than Pudge…
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
lead singer of Semisonic?
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
No, the catcher for the Mariners in the 90s and 2000s
who batted .262/.309/.382/.691 for his career, but was very good defensively. According to Mariner’s fans, Pudge couldn’t hold his jock strap…
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
nice explanation, but too late
I’ve already formed my opinion.
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
I have deep seeded, but somewhat dormant hatred for the Mariners now.
It’s still there, it’s just currently somewhat sleeping.
by FuturePants on Apr 19, 2011 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Same
But I have this hatred for all these teams. I even have it for the White Sox from back in the old AL West days.
The hatred for the A’s and Angels are just far more relevant right now.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Yes. The Black Jack Sox are high on my hated teams list.
Probably highest all time for me.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
Jack McDowell was an epic douche when he was with the White Sox.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Apr 19, 2011 11:57 AM CDT up reply actions
I hated in the early 90's when Big Hurt and Juando were coming up
And White Sox fans said Frank Thomas was better than Gonzalez. I was like 12 or 13… so it drove me nuts.
I also hated realizing after a few years… they were right.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
When Nolan hit Ventura, it was the skinny, gaunt, spindly
“Get in the gym, pussy” Jack McDowell who was talking ten kinds of shit on the field.
Frank Thomas was a bad man.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Apr 19, 2011 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Watch the video of Miguel Cabrera hitting the tying 9th inning opposite field home run at the Coliseum...
from a few nights ago and it looks like you’re watching Frank Thomas.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Frank Thomas was one of the scariest mofo's ever.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Jack McDowell was the starter of the first game I ever went to...
and he tried the fake to third throw to first pick off like a dozen times in the same at-bat. Bobby Witt beat those fuckers though so it was awesome.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
good Sooner
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
My sports hatred is reserved for the Yankees & Red Sox.
I have a hard time getting worked up about the AL West.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Apr 19, 2011 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Angels >> Red Sox
I still feel a bit sorry for the Sox losing the world series all those times.
but my hatred for the Yankees trumps all. even more than my hatred for the Minnesota LA Lakers.
Don’t like the Angels either. hated the A’s before mostly because of BP’s constant infatuation with them. but they are too sad to hate too much. like punching puppies or something. Same thing with the Mariners now.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
I don't feel sorry for the Red Sox losing all those World Series
If they were the better team they would have won.
YO!!!!
"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 better team for the series...
not the absolute better team, it what he meant
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 19, 2011 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
i was just hollerin'
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
there is NO hatred like Yankee hatred
what i hate: it’s all the front-running fans the world over that have so little going in their lives that they feel the need to cling to something they deem more successful that they can identify themselves with
“i’m cool b/c i’m a Yankee fan!”
pieces of shit losers. the Yankees WINNING does not mean that you are WINNING. you are just a f-ing loser that wears pinstripes and acts like your shit doesn’t stink b/c a team with which you have no common thread wins games.
by sam in so cal on Apr 19, 2011 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
true story (also a cs,b moment)
at a Minnesota game (i think), a couple of years ago, some douche bag wore his Yankee jersey (he was with his friend who was wearing a Mnnesota jersey. Obviously I was pissed off because this dumbass found it necessary to wear his fucking yankees jersey to a non-yankee game.
well, about the 7th or 8th, I am fucking giving this guy the business and security has stepped in a couple of times. finally i said something to engrage this guy and he runs up the stairs at me. I’m about to throw down with this mutha fucka when this security dude jumps in and like tackles the douche.
I was asked to not provoke any more yankees fans, and he was taken to some holding cell or whatnot.
I win
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 19, 2011 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I want to party with you sometime.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
just walk away when he pulls out the vodka after you've been drinking beer for 8 hours.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Thats a good idea but..
the drinking beer for 8 hours usually impairs my ability to make good decisions like that.
Experience tells me this.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
There's the rub...
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
You're a better person than me then
cuz I definitely have enough hate in my heart for all 3.
It’s a never-ending well, and those 3 organizations and their fans can go right on and fuck themselves.
by elvis1isking on Apr 19, 2011 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
I still really hate the White Sox, also. Ron Karkovice was like 10-year-old me’s grand nemesis. He just didn’t know it.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Officer Karko...
remember those commercials?
He was not an attractive human.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Yeah...
and the “Good Guys Wear Black” crap.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't know if you remember or not but we took a lot of
tough losses at Comiskey in the early 90s.
That Ventura grand slam off Gossage in ’91 is still painful,
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
I remember that game...
That was the summer I really got into baseball. I wasn’t so much a fan yet that those type of loses really hurt like they do today, but they were enough to begin to breed my opinion of the teams for the following season when I lived and died by the Rangers score every night.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
That was the year they had the great start and the 14 game
winning streak but their pitching broke down and they couldn’t keep up with the Twins. On The Ticket, those games are referred to as “The Catastrophic Moment” …that time or game when you realized your team wasn’t going to win it that particular year.
I’ve watched the Rangers forever and that loss still stings.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
I've always hated the sox.
I can’t completely put my finger on why I just do. There’s always some reason. Lots of little things I guess.
by philkid3 on Apr 19, 2011 2:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Kind of like the football team of DC
The hatred is on simmer. Easy to turn up the heat. Although, LOL is a quality blog so I respect them. HH saves me the trouble.
by Neftali's arm on Apr 19, 2011 12:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I hate the redskins less than the other two. . .
. . . But I get more amped for redskins games.
by philkid3 on Apr 19, 2011 2:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I still remember this commercial
with Tom Landry and Redskins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOCdACvfls8
I was nine at the time, but I thought that it was one of the funniest that I had seen. And, yes I did hate the Redskins. Much more than any other team.
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on Apr 19, 2011 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
Definitely the Yankees. The rest, eh, just want the Rangers to win.
Lone Star Ball - 2010 -- It's time
I'm a believer
by Mark from OC on Apr 19, 2011 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I never really hated anybody on the Mariners, except for Brett Boone
Dear god I fucking hated Brett Boone, on a hate scale from 1 to Brett Boone, Brett Boone is a Brett Boone.
The first rule of tautology club...
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
So...
1. Mariners
2. Angels
3. Lovable Oakland Hipsters?
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
I don't know...
I can still work up a good Oakland Hate.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
If Oakland has hipsters...
and LA has douchebags, what stereotype does Seattle fit under?
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
Asian grunge-sters?
that drink coffee?
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
Fish tossers.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 11:29 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
first of all, Anaheim is not LA
despite what the team wants you to think, it’s not.
i wouldn’t even classify the angels fans as d-bags in that LA kind of way either.
don’t get me wrong, i hate the angels fans, but they are more criminal, less d-bag.
sure you have a handful of the 949 d-bags out there (scott boras at field level says hi), but it’s not like laker games.
by sam in so cal on Apr 19, 2011 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
Come on, man… don’t be one of THOSE people. Anaheim is a suburb.. it’s like saying you can’t call a team in Arlington a Dallas team.
Anaheim and Orange County in general
aren’t really suburbs in the way that Plano and Arlington are suburbs. Not as many people as you probably think live in Anaheim and commute to LA. Rather, OC has quite a bit of business on its own; particularly based in Irvine but all over the county. Saying Anaheim is LA is kind of like saying San Jose or Oakland is San Francisco. In terms of how the rest of the country sees it, maybe. But in reality, it isn’t LA.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
i would say it's more like dallas houston than dallas arlington
but dallas and houston aren’t dissimilar enough to make that comparison.
FLL and MIA are close together geographically, but COMPLETELY different cities. maybe that’s a better comparison.
by sam in so cal on Apr 19, 2011 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been to a game at Angels Stadium, and they're fans were actually pretty chill
However, that was only one game, and perhaps, my opinion isn’t the best one to listen to.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions
The cholos/gangbangers/Giant-fan-beaters go to Dodger Stadium instead
Was your trip to Angels stadium before or after news broke of the rat problem?
Well...have you heard?
It’s the Giants’ fan’s fault for wearing his jersey anyway. I mean….what did he expect to happen?
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
After
I’ve also been to Dodger Stadium twice, but I was there as a neutral observer both times (I went there once as a field trip with a summer school program at USC, and another time with the USC Band because it was USC night, and all the fucla fans booed us during the National Anthem)
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Seattle
Significantly higher on the hipster scale. It’s Oakland not San Francisco.
by Neftali's arm on Apr 19, 2011 12:15 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Seattle has way more hipsters than Oakland does...
Oakland has homeless.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
...and pregnant poeple that fight at fast food restaurants.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
and old people that fight black people on buses.
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
So here's the consensus...
LA-Anaheim = Douchebags
Seattle = Latte-sipping Hipsters
Oakland = Homeless People
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
by e2drummer on Apr 19, 2011 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
You left off the choice...
“I hate them all equally”
"Certainly, we were penalties, and we stopped ourselves." - Les Miles
I have to decide on this based on the fans, and Anaheim fans are the worst.
"Don't play lawyer ball, son." -Hank Hill
This.
I hate the Angels..I really fucking hate the A’s.
They’re so annoying…and they have Daric Barton.
It’s DEREK or DERICK…dumb ass.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Braden, Gonzalez, Anderson are all super douches
Can’t stand Crisp and Barton either
by Judy'sLewinsky on Apr 19, 2011 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
What about Eric Chavez?
When he was with the A’s, he announced one year that it wasn’t pronounced CHA-vez, but shuh-VEZ.
Very next year he changed it back. What an asshole.
by FuturePants on Apr 19, 2011 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
It's dumass
The snozberries taste like snozberries!!
by Chrom on Apr 19, 2011 1:39 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
This poll isn't going to be close.
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
The margin of error is quite large, however...
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I see what you did there.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Can you hate a team so much, just because of their SBNation blog?
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
Its a contributing factor.
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
I don't see why not...
I’m looking at you Bluebird Banter.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
What'd they do?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
WUT
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Are they trolling ?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
That could be acceptable if they are taking historical context into consideration
Delgado seems unacceptable but I could see Roberto Alomar. Joe Carter seems like an acceptable choice too. I’d even give Juan Guzman a little consideration.
Speaking of the '92/'93 Blue Jays
What an incredible group of talent they hauled in across those two seasons:
John Olerud, Roberto Alomar, Devon White, Joe Carter, Dave Winfield, Jeff Kent, Jack Morris, David Cone, David Wells, Jimmy Key, Juan Guzman, Todd Stottlemeyer, Pat Hentgen, Al Leiter all made appearences on the ’92 team alone.
Hope to 1993 and Rickey Henderson, Paul Moliter, Shawn Green, Carlos Delgado, and Dave Stewart make an appearance.
Really quite remarkable.
Saying Joe Carter is the best Blue Jay ever is hilariously ignorant.
I hope that’s not what they were saying…
Okay.
Top 25 fWAR position players.
Tony Fernandez (who, before I knew what fWAR was, was my pick for them for that ESPN series thingy) is tops with 38, Delgado is one behind him, and Jesse Barfield (pay up if you expected him in the top three) is at 32.
Lloyd Moseby is at 29, and Vernon Wells, Jon Olerud, and Ernie Whitt are tied with 25.
Guys like Fred McGriff and Robbie Alomar have really good peaks, though.
Without even looking at the numbers,
I was thinking Stieb, Delgado and Halladay as the first ones off my head.
bWAR
Dave Stieb (my No. 2 pick back for the ESPN thingy) lords above all else, and Roy Halladay lords above all but Stieb. Delgado narrowly edges out Fernandez among position players.
Stieb 53.6
Halladay 47.4
Delgado 33.8
Fernandez 33.3
Jimmy Key 27.8
Barfield 27.2
I just looked it up
Bluebird Banters Top 5:
1) Carlos Delgado
2) Dave Steib
3) Roy Halladay
4) Tony Fernandez
5) Lloyd Moseby
Not too bad a job then.
I foolishly didn't list Tony Fernandez in my list of notable players above
I guess I just don’t remember how good he was
When I first started getting in to caring about baseball history beyond what just ESPN told me. . .
. . . there was a phase where I started thinking Tony Fernandez should be in the Hall of Fame.
Hm.
fWAR of 47.7, six year run of All-Star+ caliber, another cut short by the strike shortly after, usually well above average.
bWAR paints almost the same story, just a notch lesser.
Not Hall of Famer on the quick stats, but also probably better than he’s remembered.
Joe Carter ranks 63rd in TOTAL bWAR (pitchers included.
He ranks 23rd among just position players in fWAR.
I guess if David Murphy hit a walk-off home run to win the World Series I’d have him way higher than his actual career in Texas warranted, too.
Also, I’m told all the time Devon White was underrated. Apparently.
There's a man named Matt Sounders whose, like, life obsession is trying to quantify defense.
And he combines his quantification attempts with historical anecdote and what managers appeared to think of their players to make all-time by position lists.
Anyway, his No. 2 defensive centerfielder EVER is Devon White.
Also, Stan Musial and Rickey Henderson rank a lot higher than I would have expected.
they are just going off one moment in time
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
exactly
It really depends on the criteria. Joe Carter’s entire body of work statistically doesn’t even come close. However the historical significance of that moment has a huge amount of value to the Blue Jays and their fans.
Can you imagine if
That was Borbon for the Rangers last year. He could do nothing wrong no matter how bad he is.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
this was a big part of my Angels hate, my dislike for that idiot Rev runs deep
Quote from Yankees GM about the Texas Rangers Beating them in the 2010 ALCS "They manhandled us," Cashman said. "It was like a steamroller. We couldn't stop them."
Rev is just misunderstood.
"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 much of the hate
is due to that asswipe Rev and HH?
"I wanted to go out there and punch Julio" - Ron Washington
I don't think it's largely because of HH for me.
But it’s mostly because of Angels fans on the internet, and HH is a part of that.
Rev and the TV guys.
And the fact that it’s Anaheim (a shithole).
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
I'm trying to like Thug Life but that beard isn't helping matters.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Really?
I’d like to party with him. K-Rod pissed me off far more.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you think he has greasy hair when he hits the town?
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions
without question
I bet he bathes 2 or 3 times per week….fucking beast.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Is there any doubt?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
His mom?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I never took you for a bro, Pras.
by philkid3 on Apr 19, 2011 2:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm not.
But I don’t mind partying with them.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes,
but I can get much of that food here in Houston, so it’s not quite as novel.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Cool.
If you can get yourself down in a future fall, I can probably get you in and get you 50-60% off on a hotel.
(I was thinking of the next Food & Wine and thought specifically of you.)
That would be pretty sweet.
If you think of this again in a year or so, will you remind me?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep.
Full and part-timers get 16 days of guest passes now, and my family won’t be visiting me 16 times, so I’ll probably have to be creative with the rest. Heh.
+/- run diff
Rangers are +36
Angels are +6
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
.
A’s are +3
M’s are -37
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
It's a landslide, like the 1984 election
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Apr 19, 2011 11:16 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I'm convinced it was Ferraro, not Mondale
November in MInn – they probably thought she was hot…
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
I think the Angels are most hated...
but it’s based on winning. If the Mariners had won 100 games the last 3 years, we’d probably hate them more, especially if they manhandled us. The A’s never seem like much of a threat.
by Apes and Androids on Apr 19, 2011 11:18 AM CDT reply actions
fixed
They also have had super douchey players.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
The Imposter
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
We had some trouble with the A's last year
didn’t we? I hated that pitching staff but respected them as well.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, the FatBoy dominated him some Rangers last year.
by FuturePants on Apr 19, 2011 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions
man, he's got some puffy cheeks, don't he?
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
I find it hard to hate teams just because they are good
it’s not hard when they are annoying. The Angels had a few annoying players over the years, and Mike Scioscia is a reservoir of annoyance.
Angels
and it ain’t close. They’re kind of the West Coast Yankees, without the history or talent.
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
Could not agree more!
This is the perfect way to describe those guys.
by LetsgoRangers09 on Apr 19, 2011 11:40 AM CDT up reply actions
this quote made it over at HH....
you done made the big time, son.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
jam is going to get torched for this
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I'm already banned
do their worst
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
Fuck them
They are pissed because they had to put their brooms back in the closet.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
In my defense, I have a pretty awesome broom. Kind of hard to store.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Apr 19, 2011 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
what's in your thermos?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Riot Punch
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Apr 19, 2011 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
flavor?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Red, of course
That’s a flavor right?
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Apr 19, 2011 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Just like purple drank.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Orange drank > Purple Drank.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
And don't even get me started on Red Drank.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Holy shit.
I think that thing would do more harm than good.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
It's kind of a crapshoot, I'll admit
I just bring the broom and see what happens. Either way is usually pretty entertaining. If not, well, that’s why I’ve got the punch.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Apr 19, 2011 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
heh well done sir
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
linkme?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
and an attempt to go there:
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Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
x
http://www.halosheaven.com/2011/4/19/2120410/lsb-poll-most-hated-al-west-team
"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 like the Cold War
Where NATO and Soviet pilots would intercept each other over the ocean, smile, wave, take pictures, flip each other the bird and then fly home.
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Apr 19, 2011 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
BOOM
Your turn.
"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's funny is
The posters over there think Rev is the shit.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
He is.
He is the living embodiment of human excrement.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
by Aqua on Apr 19, 2011 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions 15 recs
This is true
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
REC
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Being a commenter of HH is like being at the cool table in HS
In the end you’re just a loser and someone else is banging your girlfriend.
I don't mind the Commander.
"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 ok
They have a few over there that are good posters but the bad out weigh the good.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
It should.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
What leads you to believe this?
I don’t post much, but I’ve been a member at HH for like a year and a half or so, and I don’t even know the guy. And, while I could just be blind to it, I don’t notice much hero worship of him either. Like I said, I’m really a fringe poster, so I might just be missing it.
"I too played shortstop for many years until I was struck down by Acne and Baby Fat" HST
by No Bologna Polonia on Apr 19, 2011 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
aww man, I only wanted the Pat Robertson one.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Much obliged
Scioscialist Party of America - Redistributing your defense since 2000.
by Commander_Nate on Apr 19, 2011 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
The idea that we week out players because they were Angels is stupid.
For several years, the Angels had good teams. It follows that they likely had good players. We like to add good players to our team, thus a handful of Angels make their way to Arlington.
It makes zero sense to surmise that JD and Nolan sit in their office pouring over the Angels roster and valuing their players higher than anyone else BECAUSE they are Angels.
Even more than that, our proximity and familiarity with them means we are more likely to trust what we know about them. We know Napoli can hit because we’ve seen him do it more often than we have someone who plays for the Reds or the Cubs or someone else we hardly ever play.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
We're also not the team
that gave Gary Matthews Jr. $50M.
Looks like we are better at getting former Angels than they are at getting former Rangers.
Even more than that, who are the players we have that are former Angels?
We had Vlad, that’s one. Oliver, that’s two. Napoli, that’s three, and O’Day, that’s four. Who am I missing?
Vlad is an all-time great player, but he didn’t come up with the Angels. He was an Expo for what seemed like forever. Does that mean the Angels specifically signed Vlad the Expo? No, it means they signed Vlad.
Oliver started here, so I’m not sure how it makes sense to say we targeted him for being an Angel. He also played for half a dozen other teams. O’Day was there for one before they jettisoned him. We claimed him from the Mets.
Napoli we got through Toronto because Anaheim stupidly traded him. We got him because we wanted Mike Napoli, not Mike Napoli the Angel.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
They think that bc the blogmaster thinks that....
It’s pretty simple.
Sheep and shit.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Obviously, I meant "seek out players" in the subject line.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
I'm going to assume you meant "poring" over, also.
Or you subconsciously want to pour something on the entirety of the Angels’ roster.
That, too.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
I didn't want to correct you...still gun shy from yesterday
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Did I miss something yesterday?
Did you get yelled at?
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
He tried to correct something that needed no correction.
He’s a little traumatized by 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.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Somebody needs to point out the jersey color thing to them.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Donnie Moore sure was good during the playoffs that one season......
Too soon?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
As in...
the same year the Rangers stopped using it, the Angels bought the entire surplus red stuff, slapped an almost identical font on it, and now act like they own red?
Yep
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Yep,
that’d be it.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Another common instance of Angels fan dumbassery.
Every team has home whites, so they must be talking about the red jerseys. We debuted ours in 1984 according to a uniform database. When did they get theirs?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
I like how they think we're dumb because I am referencing to the team as the Anaheim Angels like I forgot somehow that they named themselves the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim...
I didn’t forget, they’re just not the Los Angeles Angels.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
It's patently the stupidest team name in professional sports.
The The Angels Angels of Anaheim.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Why not rename them the California Angels?
If Arte wanted to increase the size of the team’s potential market area, California is a good bit bigger than LA.
Not even close for me right now
And it’s not just the winning. It’s Scioscia, their SB Nation blogger, their recent past of players and Rex the wonder dog, on and on.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 19, 2011 11:22 AM CDT reply actions 7 recs
Ah, yes.
Scioscia. The sour look on his face every time his team doesn’t properly perform their Angelings.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Rally Monkey
must kill the rally monkey.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
I dont give a damn about the Angels winning more than us
1# I hate the Angels, I have always hated the Angels, the most presumptuous and undeserving bunch of crying dick wads ever and I hope they all get crabs.
- Rev is an asshole, he has not done anything except pander shitty art articles and astrologize (I sure the hell don’t read any of his baseball tripe so I can’t comment on that )… lookoutlanding is funny those guys at least can make fun of themselves and have a civil conversation… hh well there is a reason that site sucks…
If knowledge is power, why does Stephen Hawking need batteries?
by lamron on Apr 19, 2011 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Angels....by a freaking mile....
Seattle….at least they have a nice park…
Oakland….no fan support….just a disgrace
But the Angels…..it’s not even close!!
I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby
by GhostofSteveFoucault on Apr 19, 2011 11:26 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
A's
Because if there is one thing I hate almost as much as those East Coast bias teams it is the team de jour of the supposed baseball intelligentsia. Last year it was Seattle and their non-existent offense. This year it is Oakland and their almost non-existent offense.
(I hate them all quite a bit, and that rally monkey would otherwise be a tiebreaker… but I haven’t been to an Angels game in many years…)
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Nope Oakland, I figured you got the memo,
here let me look around my desk and see if I have a copy for you.
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on Apr 19, 2011 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
it certainly wasn't at the level of Seattle last year
but there was definitely some tooting of the A’s horn.
Actually, I don’t think the smart people were really behind Oakland – Texas clearly is too good. But I think the sect of people who know just enough to get in trouble were rallying around Oakland.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
See,
I think it was more the larger media types who wanted to pick somebody different that went with the A’s. The amount of love the M’s got last year was crazy.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
only ONE mention of that f-ing monkey in nearly 100 comments???
by sam in so cal on Apr 19, 2011 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't care that much about the monkey.
It’ stupid because it’s associated with the Angels. I don’t think I’d care if it was on most other teams. If the Padres want a Rally Seal, have at.
A Rally Seal is totally something the Padres would try to do
of course, the Padres front office was probably too stupid to get the seal to clap for them so they had to go back to the dancing Spanish monk.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
seal of approval?
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
I think that we lost all right to complain about the monkey last year
with this:
I mean Rally Mantis?
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on Apr 19, 2011 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, bugs are better than monkeys, and it was born via meme.
But, again, the problem with the rally monkey is that he’s an Angel. Not that he’s a rally monkey.
Distiguish
The outbreak monkey was contrived. The mantis was a sign from the deity of your choice.
by Neftali's arm on Apr 19, 2011 12:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I love to give the middle finger to the baseball intelligentsia but I'm guilty
of choosing the A’s to win the AL West this season.
I didn’t think they were a juggernaut but I thought and still think they can win 85-90 games.
I chose them over the Rangers because of the issues before the season surrounding our starting rotation and bullpen. I was afraid we were going to see a good defensive version of the 2008 Rangers.
This year’s Rangers team appears to be much better than that at the moment.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Apr 19, 2011 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
you've already waffled after two weeks???
wow. you really are a joke.
by sam in so cal on Apr 19, 2011 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not waffling at all...the 2011 predictions are all vaulted.
I still think the A’s win between 85-90 games.
Based on what we’ve seen so far from the Rangers, they may be much better than a lot of us thought they were going to be and win more than 90 games.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
A lot, perhaps,
but not most.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Vegas had the Ranger over/under at 88.5.
BProspectus had the Rangers at 85-77 and (I think) the Yankee Weblog somesuch also had 85-77.
Several people on XM also picked the A’s to win the AL West.
If Holland & Harrison are legit and Colby & CJ do their thing, it’s easy to see how the Rangers beat the A’s.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
A lot of those simulations
do so many iterations that they reduce their margins of victory down to smaller than the average seen most years. It’s more instructive, in that case, to look at the order of teams and the distance between them.
I’m betting a majority thought the Rangers were going to win 90+ games and win the division…but perhaps that’s my bias at play.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
The diamond mind blowout at replacement level also includes the average win total for the division champ.
I think they had the rangers winning like 87 on average, but they had the west winner winning like 91 on average, and the rangers winning the west the vast majority of the time.
Cairo itself had them winning like 93. I can’t remember what Oliver had, but Oliver has been putting together a nice track record. I want to say it was at, like, 90
by philkid3 on Apr 19, 2011 3:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Okay.
Replacement Level Yankees Weblog’s Diamond Mind Blowout (an amalgamation of several projection systems using their depth charts) had the Rangers winning 88 games, with a ceiling of 98, and the AL West winner having an average of 91 wins (winning the division by an average of seven games).
The Bill James portion had them at 87 wins.
The CAIRO version had them at 88, which is a huge drop from the 93 it had them at around February.
The Marcel portion had them at 89.
The Oliver portion had them at 90.
The PECOTA edition had them at 86.
They didn’t do ZiPS this year, but when I plugged the ZiPS projections with what we as a community seem to think about the depth charts, I got 92 wins.
I'm more interested in
where they had the Division winner, though.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
They only display that with the overall thing.
At 91. I’d bet if you bump it up for down based on how many more or less they have the Rangers winning on average, you’d get close.
I.e. if Oliver has the Rangers winning two more than the overall DMB does, I’ll bet Oliver has the average AL West champ winning 93.
ZiPS on ESPN had the Rangers at 85-77, 1st in the division.
by D.Szymborski on Apr 19, 2011 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't that strike you as low for a division winner?
This is more a comment about if/how big differences should be between mean projections for a team and mean projections for a division winner…
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, it’s low. But with mean predictions, you expect to have a smaller spread.
by D.Szymborski on Apr 19, 2011 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I understand where you are coming from.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Love 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.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Hatred ranking
Angels
Mariners
A’s (whom I don’t even really hate)
Most of my hate for the Angels and Mariners stems from listening to their TV guys call their team’s games.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
I have to admit
I cheered for the Angels in 2002. They were that “Little Engine That Could” in a way. The Rally Monkey, at that time, was cute. These last few years, especially with the growth of the internet and the ease at which you can communicate with other fans, I’ve come to despise the Angels. I actually dislike their fans more than Yankees fans. The Angels, for me, definitely come second after the Red Sox for teams I hate.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 11:35 AM CDT reply actions
I cheered for the Angels in 2002
because there was no way that Barry Bonds getting a World Series ring would be fitting for baseball. That Baseball Gods agreed with that, but apparently on the condition that the Angels and their horrific fans got to have a World Series.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Interesting comment.
I know this is probably heresy to many, but I was actually gulp glad A-Rod got his ring. For one, I still believe he’s one of the greats and two I just wanted people to shut up about him choking in the playoffs and never stepping up. Now we don’t have to hear those excuses anymore.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm kind of glad A-Rod got a ring, too.
Not ecstatic or anything, but the needle is on that happy side of neutral.
I'm glad A-Rod got us to the WS last year
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
by boomer1 on Apr 19, 2011 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Yeah,
that was a lifetime memory kind of thing for me
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Loved the look on his face as he just froze
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
eh...
I take it on a case by case basis. For players who have integrity (at least how I see it, I don’t really know what they’re really like, of course), definitely. Like guys who play their whole career in a mid-market when they could have sold out for easier shots at rings in New York or Boston. I wanted Bags and Biggio to get rings. I’m glad Pujols has his. I think the Longoria’s, Tulo’s, and guys like that should get theirs.
I have zero respect for Barry Bonds. I hated Bonds when he sold out Pittsburgh (after blowing their shot at the WS with that pathetic throw). And the obvious: he not only juiced, but he did so with absolutely no shame. He gets penalized for being so incredibly blatant about it. (Likewise, things would be better if Clemens never won one either for the same reasons).
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Fair enough
I particularly like players who spend their whole careers in one city. I think there is increasingly something cool about it.
And I’ll always hate Barry Bonds. I respect his awesomeness, but I hate him. And I’m glad he has fewer rings than Bobby Bonilla
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
I do kind of like when players spend their whole careers with one team.
I just don’t begrudge them when they don’t. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to stay in Cleveland.
I used to be a Berkman fan
but that changed when he went to the Yankees. I can’t remember too many times I did an about-face with a player but that was definitely one of them.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not begrudging
it is just a set of bonus points on JBImaknee’s scorecard that you only get if you’re a one-teamer.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
I don't know if the Pirates even made Bonds an offer
and if so, it kinda paled in comparison. Plus, he grew up in San Francisco, and his godfather was still an employee of the Giants. it was pretty natural that he went there. kinda like Griffey and the Reds.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
I was sort of rooting for that Pirates team at the time
as my dad’s family was all for the Pirates. Obviously everyone wanted Bonds to stay, and Pittsburgh has never recovered from that series and losing him.
If they didn’t make a formal offer for Bonds, it was because it was 100% certain he had told them he wasn’t going to stay for the amount of money they could afford. Which is fair enough; he was the best free agent in baseball at that moment (and probably ever up to that point). He deserved his payday.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Bonds was a San Fransisco kid who went back to San Fransisco.
Hard to hold much against him for that, or not beating the Braves. Fuck ton of good teams didn’t beat the Braves in the 90’s.
by Big D Bam Bam on Apr 19, 2011 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions
And see
I’m am 100% sympathetic with Bonds.
Remember his background: His father’s career got blown out by alcohol (and probably drugs) and media pressure, his team decided to reward Andy Van Slyke over him, because Van Slyke was “more personable”. He was miscast as a leadoff man in Pittsburg early in his career, then later jobbed of an obvious MVP by Terry Freaking Pendleton.
He won 7 mvp’s, but could have easily won 3 more (1991, 1996, 1998). He’s our version of Babe Ruth, and the very same media that recognized him as the best player in the NL on 7 different occasions now wants to keep him out of the HOF. If you believe that he took steroid, and that those steroids gave him an unfair advantage, explain to me how those steroids helped him lead the NL in walks 12 times and walk more times than any player in the history of the game. He walked more than 1000 times more than he struck out in his career. the numbers here are simply staggering.
respect him or not as a person. But the guy was the best baseball player in our lifetime. better than Pujols, better than A-Rod. better than his godfather WIllie Mays or his cousin Reggie Jackson.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
You're entitled to your opinion
even though I disagree with almost all of it (other than the fact he could easily have won more MVPs and that he was a great player).
But I’ll just tackle this one: “explain to me how those steroids helped him lead the NL in walks 12 times…”. Bonds was an exceptional player before he started juicing. He had a great eye. No one is saying otherwise. But when he started juicing, and his power went from very good to unprecedented, he inspired a fear in pitchers that literally kept them from throwing strikes out of fear of a home run. I was at the Astros series where he hit #70. He came in with 69 homers. 3 games, he walked something like 8 times – total fear in every Astros pitcher about giving up the record-tying shot. Final at bat he popped #70. Walks and home runs are not orthogonal metrics. And if Steroids—> homers and homers —> walks… you can do the math.
The other issue, of course, is that steroids don’t just add to skill; because clearly both pitchers and hitters used them. But they certainly add to longevity. Bonds had 317 homers after he turned 35; Aaron had 245 and Ruth had 198. That’s the record difference right there…
And I’ll also point out that I don’t think it is even up for debate about whether he took steroids. He practically admits it himself. The federal case hinged only one whether he knew they were steroids or not, not whether they were steroids. Open and shut.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
well
Not going to argue any of that.
with one exception. His power was NOT unprecedented. he hit more than 50 homers once. what was unprecedented was what happened after he hit 73 homers. the 249 intentional walks in 3 years.
Now, its obvious that there’s no record of how many times Babe was “intentionally” walked, but the previous record was Hank Aaron’s 293.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
Now hold on.
Why are you using pure home run totals to indicate unprecedented power?
He didn’t hit 50 again because his at-bats dropped because of outrageous walk totals. His home run rates skyrockted to (for him) unprecedented levels and remained even after 2001. If people didn’t walk him, he would have crushed 50 home runs routinely.
but... but..
he only hit 27 doubles in 2004. and he didn’t lead the league in either homers or RBI.
ok, I’ll stop. yes, 2004 was the definition of “breaking the system”.
135 hits in 373 at bats, 45 of those hits cleared the fence. 41strikeouts, 232 walks, 120 of them intentional.
19 intentional walks with the bases empty.
11 with a man on first.
8 with men on first and second.
(none with the bases loaded).
in situations where a man was on third with less than 2 out, he was 5 for 10 with 3 sac flies and was walked intentionally 18 times (plus 4 non-intentional walks) and 0 strikeouts.
in fact, with runners in scoring position he struck out 3 times vs 111 walks 90 of which were intentional.
16 plate appearances with men on second and third. 14 intentional walks.
74 pA’s with a runner only on second. 52 intentional walks. (that’s more than anyone else has ever gotten in any season in the majors, ever.)
but was it right to walk him? well…. .394/.754/.944 is what he hit that year with runners in scoring position.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
And, for the record, I'd have Bonds in the HOF
along with all these other steroids guys. I’m a realist above all else; and that is what the game was in the 1993-2003 era. You can’t leave out an entire decade of players, and you can’t arbitrarily exclude some without full knowledge of all. Bonds, Palmeiro, McGwire, Sosa, Clemens, etc. They all get my vote.
I don’t have to like them though.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
I think I've said it before,
but I would apply some statistical penalty. If they’re good enough despite the penalty, which all of those guys you listed probably are, then they’re in.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
voted Oakland.. because the games can be so damn boring
by I am Neftali Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 11:36 AM CDT reply actions
WORST ballpark ever
I jinxed the Rangers on 13 April 2011
by TagDon'tTweet on Apr 19, 2011 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions
This was easy for me.....the filthy stinking Angels
- Oakland and the Ms take last place (as usual)
Quote from Yankees GM about the Texas Rangers Beating them in the 2010 ALCS "They manhandled us," Cashman said. "It was like a steamroller. We couldn't stop them."
Angels
Mostly because of their douchey fans, and the way their team acts entitled to the West.
I still have a lot of residual Mariner hate from the 90s, though it’s abated a bit since A-Rod left and they started sucking so badly.
Oakland, OTOH, I’ve always liked, even going back to the 80s. Never had any animosity towards them at all.
"Napoli batting regularly in Arlington will be the biggest explosion in the American Southwest since Robert Oppenheimer tested the Manahttan Project."
-- RevHaloFan
For me, it's definitely the Angels
The biggest reason isn’t that the Angels were winning. It’s HOW they were winning. BABIPing your way to 95-100 wins is very annoying. Losing to Weaver or Haren is much less annoying because those are legitimately good pitchers with peripherals to back up their success. Not that I like losing to them, but at least if it happens, it’s not because of a 50/50 coin flip going the Angels’ way 95 times.
See
if anything, I think the fact the Angels continually were winning in spite of their RS/RA, etc is kind of cool. But I’m a cynic like that; I enjoy seeing where models fail, and clearly the Angels of the ‘00s were not explainable by others’ logic. Of course, I’d prefer that have been another team, but they were a lot more interesting than those teams that just did what they were supposed to do…
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Heh,
so what’d you think of Sunday in the NBA?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm assuming this poll is questioning our 'sports hate'?
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
The Mariners are such losers that I find it hard to care much about them.
And I’ve been to Safeco and had a really good time in Seattle. The A’s can suck a nut in the stupid cavernous ballpark and their annoyingly endless stream of good young arms.
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
It's just because of the Reverend.
It’s utterly that simple.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Apr 19, 2011 11:41 AM CDT reply actions
Being in this thread enrages me.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Go clean your kitchen
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
whoa man... chill, brah
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
Had to go with the Angels
I’m meh about the Mariners, although if they were to ever start winning again, I would probably change that opinion.
The As were my childhood team, so I find it hard to hate on them, even if several of my favorite players from that era are now persona non grata with many due to steroids. Plus, I still have fond memories about Rickey Henderson’s reaction to becoming Nolan’s 5000th strikeout victim. His quote about the occasion – “If he ain’t struck you out, then you ain’t nobody.” He also had another interesting tie to Nolan – he broke the stolen base record the same day Nolan recorded his 7th no-hitter, albeit in different games.
The only time I ever felt anything but hate for the Angels was when Jim Abbott pitched for them, just because he was such a great human interest story. Then they traded him to the Yankees and that was the end of that.
TracyJean1972: YouTube channel
@TracyJean: Twitter account
Aw man...
why’d you have to remind me he was traded to the Yankees?
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
Wise choice.
Do you get all tingly inside knowing your CJ’s favorite poster here?
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions
when'd this happen?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
raising him right
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Let him know the Expos aren't playing any longer,
and that they were never in the AL West.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
the expos were (and may still be) my 2nd fav team
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
It should be 100% Angels.
If not the Angels, then the Miami Heat.
"I like to think of myself as Miguel Paul. Generally disappointing and a waste of space, but every once in a while, WOW."- ghtd36
I still can't find it in me
to hate the Heat.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
You're not looking hard enough.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
it's there you just have to find it
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Probably just because
I’ve been thinking of baseball for 5 months and haven’t had time to think about them, haha.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Doll is not the preferred nomenclature. Action figure, please.
by Closure GT on Apr 19, 2011 12:05 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Agreed.
That’s something you cuddle with in bed. By “you” I mean someone else.
Raise your hand if you're an albino.
by Jorbert Jorgenson on Apr 19, 2011 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
and by "Cuddle with" he means do unspeakable things to...
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Everybody realizes MC Hammer worked for the A's in
the early-mid 70s, correct?
He was Charlie Finley’s mole. Got his nickname because he looked like Henry Aaron as a kid.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Apr 19, 2011 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
were you afraid my post was too cerebral for the people here?
they are a lot smarter than you think
thanks for explaining it, though… i guess
by sam in so cal on Apr 19, 2011 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Definitely "too cerebral" for some.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Don't become the '82 Milwaukee Brewers."
"You want false modesty? F that."
by Josey Wales on Apr 19, 2011 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
To be fair,
I had no idea that was true.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions
PLEASE HAMMA DON"T HURT EM
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
no...
but i rocked some parachute pants in the mud 80’s…
complete with bandanna tied around my leg
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
It was funny how the minute you would on parachute pants
the instant need to Moonwalk happened.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
No, that was the Hammer Dance.
Moonwalk was for shoes with little grip, preferably with white socks.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't forget bowling shoes...
"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 Apr 19, 2011 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd for truth.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I saw this and thought, "this needed a poll?"
I voted and the results would seem to agree. lol
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
this really isn't that close for me
it’s the angels.
and, i don’t care about their fans, or their bloggers or any of that stuff…
dislike mainly beacuse they win and continue to win with crappy talent. they are the luckiest team i’ve ever seen…and it’s extremely annoying.
garrett freaking anderson…really??
by Longhorn on Apr 19, 2011 12:17 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
oh, and they trade for players like Haren
while giving up that crappy talent
by Longhorn on Apr 19, 2011 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mariners
I hate every other team’s fans more or less equally. (Except the Nationals because they have none.) So I can’t get chuffed about that.
But how this entire thread has gone on and NO ONE has mentioned Richie Sexson yet…well, I just can’t abide by that.
Mariners hate forever.
We need to develop the technology to reanimate the corpse of Kenesaw Mountain Landis and install him as commissioner again. He wouldn't put up with this crap.
Can I say Chris Davis here?
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
by JBImaknee on Apr 19, 2011 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Might've been Vladdy before last year.
I’ll say Torii Hunter
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
Brett. Boone.
"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 Apr 19, 2011 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
how did it take 4 posts for him to show up?
hands down this guy.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
He's probably my real vote
as opposed to my snarky Chris Davis vote.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Easily.
I love how I was able to hate Bret Boone without the reinforcement of internet information or a Rangers community, which is often what it takes to hate the same people as most fellow fans.
Ryan Sweeney
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
Maybe the Angels can sign Papeldouche
and there can be a douche explosion of epic proportions.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
has anyone made mention of the Papelbon/Swisher commercial?
Fail in epic proportions.
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
Jeff Sullivan did at LL
He said it’s like how GoDaddy tries to lure him to their site with half-naked women, except Norelco is trying to do with with two dudes in the bathroom.
The back to back
Papelbon/Swisher and then Granderson (?) Phiten commercials were annoying.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
agreeed.....fuck that guy
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
a million times this.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
damn...this is my 1b
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Lackey.
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 12:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Bret Boone
John Lackey, Vladimir Guerrero, Nick Swisher, Terrence Long, Ichiro Suzuki, Jaime Moyer and others are all in the mix.
Lackey's face is the epitome of evil.
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 1:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yea Lackey and Boone are up there
Boone could be my most hated…something about Braden just irritates the shit out of me though.
I was going to write Ichiro in here too
he’s really quite obnoxious.
Go Rice Owls!
Matt Harrison - 2011 Rangers #3 Starter!
Ichiro
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Tim Salmon
hated when that c-sucker came up to bat late in a close game against the Rangers
by elvis1isking on Apr 19, 2011 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
This
Move the Astros to the AL West. Have either one or three interleague series at all times. Each team still gets their 18 interleague games. Simple.
by seanathan on Apr 19, 2011 4:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Move the Rays to San Antonio and put them in the AL West.
Kick Cleveland to the AL East.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Or just put a new team there...
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Because?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
And I don't want a new team in My TEXAS.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Also...
I like the Rangers four team division advantage!
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Ooooh, ok.
Well, tell them to get a non-depressing stadium, then.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
From what I've heard, driving to the Trop is pretty bad in itself.
And it’s the Trop as opposed to the new stadium for the Miami Marlins.
Miami Marlins is such a better name...
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, there will be no more Florida Marlins, California Angels are long gone,
I consider the Mets/MFY to reference the city, not the state…Now once the DBacks, Twins, and Rockies fix their names, we’ll be the only ones rep’ing an entire state.
I've never been in the Trop, but I've driven to it.
Yes. yes it is.
But the Trop is close and Miami is not.
the drive to the trop is terrible...
it took me almost 4 hours to get back to Daytona after game 2 of the ALDS last year… whoever decided to put a stadium there is obviously retarded…
by Mantis Be Praised on Apr 19, 2011 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Yep.
I think people see the attendance for the Rays and assume they’re actually in Tampa and just say “TAMPA DOESN’T LIKE BASEBALL!”
While it’s true it’s not the most supportive of areas, it’s not that simple. For one, they do like baseball, but they’re largely transplants. However, they and their kids would support a winner, and the Rays have been winning but not long.
On top of that, though, there’s the awful, awful drive which is not actually in Tampa, to get to an awful, awful stadium. Then there are the psychotic blackout rules that torture everyone in central Florida not immediately near Tampa. And yet despite that, the Rays do fine in the television ratings, showing people care and watch, they’re just being presented an awful option for viewing in person. And, of course, in Florida there is a lot to do in the summer that baseball games have to compete with.
It’s absurd. It’s not that the Rays can’t or won’t ever get fans, it’s that they can’t get their communities to agree on getting a stadium, don’t have a lot of money, and are put through torture to go to what’s currently there.
If...
it’s in an area without a lot of money, with poor public transportation infastructure, a shitty stadium that’s hard to get to, etc… maybe these are all reasons it NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAD A FRANCHISE TO BEGIN WITH.
well maybe you should move to a normal place then
where you won’t have to go to a Costco to see baseball games.
We’ve had this discussion before :)
I hate thhe A's
But I have to say that I like Dallas Braden
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 1:02 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
you sir are not Texan
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Dallas Braden is about as cool as AIDS
Never have I been on A-Rod’s side since the trade to NYY, except when Braden threw a fit about his mound
That picture with him and the chunky chicks is always funny though.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
where'd you hear that?
That’s one of my go-to cut downs (off the web).
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
its because he's sitting behind you
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
the reason I like him makes me more Texan
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Finally found this picture.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh absolutely
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I had to search for it the other day. Just remember, it was the PGT where our magic number became 2.
Yup.
I went through our schedule on ESPN for 2010, and found our record, and knew that was what I needed to search in the archives to find the right PGT.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
whats annoying
about the angels is it seems like they get a lot of credit for being a great run organization from the joe morgan’s and john kruk’s of the world when in reality they aren’t a very well run and the terrible contracts they have handed out over the last couple years will most likely doom them to mediocrity for awhile. its like, they have tried so hard to be like the dodgers that now, they are the dodgers!
Sox pitchers don't like Salty
according to baseball guru John Kruk
http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/2194956/kruk-mm-sox-pitchers-dont-trust-salty
ESPN baseball analyst John Kruk
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
is anyone surprised by this
He’s just not very good at baseball
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
except lowe has actually been good at one point?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Lowe was decent once
I wouldn’t say he was ever good
1 decent season is 1 more than what Salty has
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
this is true
good riddance salty !
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
that's very true
I guess there similarity is that they both have all the tools to be great, they just are tools and suck
why do you hate lowe so much?
did he steal your girl or something?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions
...and no one else does that, right?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
he's just never done anything good for the Rangers
the only time I’ve seen him look like a decent pitcher he was getting Rangers out. I’d love for him to pull a Harrison and make me eat my words bc the team could use it
...ok?
do you also hate martin perez? i mean, he hasnt done anything good for the rangers either…
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions
hey...he is the guy who wanted to DFA lowe, even though he has an option remaining...
equally, if you are unable to understand splits, i cannot help you at all.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I may of been a little off my rocker that day
I am tired of watching the guy make the same mistakes over and over. I also wanted to open a spot on the 40 so we could call up Endy. If we could trade Lowe for anything I don’t think it would of been a horrible move
how many times has he appeared in rangers games?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
7
He wasn’t good as a Mariner though. Outside of 09 he has never been good or healthy
i would say that 7 games = SSS
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
My point re: Arthur Rhodes had nothing to do with splits
It had everything to do with leaving in a pitcher who was laboring and had control issues in this specific appearance.
And I wasn’t attacking you in the above comment, I was joking around.
then i apologize for jumping the gun :)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
He hasn't done anything bad for the Rangers either
I’m tired of Lowe getting a pass bc he can bring it upper 90’s. Try dialing it down to the low 90’s w/ controll and movement. Clearly what he’s tried thus far doesn’t work for staying healthy or winning games.
you are correct!
anyone that can throw upper 90s can easily “dial it down” and gain control/movement, right?
give the guy a break – he has talent, he has never had “control” consistently. that said, if he figures it out then you have a VERY valuable part of a bullpen. equally, even if he doesnt figure it out you have a guy who is serviceable and who can be a part of a bullpen as opposed
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
that's not at all what I said
but it’s worked for a lot of people to help gain controll. I never said Lowe doesn’t have talent, that’s why I compared him to Salty. All that talent and 0 results. The way he has pitched a majority of his career(specifically recently) he is not serviceable. Why do you get so upset about Lowe being called out for sucking?
KOK
gets upset over trivial stuff all the time. It’s who he is…
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
glad to see you still are going to go along with the whole "avoid me, i will avoid you" thing
…
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
I am avoiding you
I was trying to warn someone else about you. You responded to me.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
You really should relax more
I’m worried about your stress levels…
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
fuck off.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
See what I mean
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
i get upset for morons saying to DFA players who have talent.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I admitted I was off my rocker a bit the other day bc I was pissed
But it makes sense on some levels to DFA him…it wouldn’t hurt to get Endy on the 40 and you might be able to get something for Lowe in a trade. Worst case you lose him for nothing, I really don’t fear we are losing much.
fair enough
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
It really doesn't
You can try and trade him while he’s in AAA and you don’t put your back against the wall with the 10 day deadline to move him.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
That may be so
but for what reason. Endy will play sparingly. Murphy will get the majority of Hamilton’s AB’s and Borbon is going to keep getting chances in center. DFA’ing Lowe so Endy can play once every 10 days isn’t a good use of resources.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Chavez vs. Gentry
is the reason you are willing to DFA Mark Lowe (even though I’m sure there are other 40 moves that could be made to clear that space)?
He's not a good pitcher
regardless of how talented he is
Just like Matt Harrison
and many others right?
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Let's not compare Mark Lowe to Matt Harrison
and Harrison still isn’t proven, I hope the success he’s had thus far continues forever and I’ll happilyadmit I was wrong about him over and over again.
and for the record
I don’t think throwing upper 90’s in a straight line should be classified as talent. It’s simply a strong arm
how many guys in MLB can consistantly throw in upper 90s?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
how many guyes in MLB, AAA, AA, A
a lot, a whole fucking lot. How many guys do it effectively?
what % do you think it is?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
do you think 5-10% of players average over 95 MPH on their fastball?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
not players
average no…but neither does Mark Lowe
wrong.
fangraphs pitch FX data has him at 95.4 for his career and 96.0 for this year.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions
92.8 on FB
per cached fangraphs
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd say 5-10% avg around 93 then
and can touch 95-96.
TAG would say Mark Lowe is throwing.
He hasn’t learned how to pitch, it’s time he learned to pitch
i agree.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I've given up on him learning
that’s where our argument starts, and argument is over. I can see your point if you believe he will learn
well you have to take a chance
that he “figures it out”
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
In case this hasn't been brought up
I recall reading on LL that a lot of Lowe’s success had to do with sinking movement on his fastball. Obviously he’s lost that sinking movement since his injury.
LL is wrong.
Lowe’s fastball rises more than the average fastball. He got by on flyballs and swinging strikes, which is what vertical movement tends to do.
It's not possible to make the ball rise from Lowes arm angle
Physics says so
Jesus fucking Christ
WE GET IT. LET IT DIE. HE’S IN ROUND ROCK FOR FUCK’S SAKE STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT.
really?
i cant get to fangraphs and look it up but i bet it is very low
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
You remind me
of the people who hang around H.S. baseball talking about this guy is throwing 88 and this guy is throwing 92. When you see them live, they might be sitting 79-81 on the gun.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I played agianst Colt Griffin who threw 100+
along w/ several others who threw a legit 90+…but I know the guy you are referring to
really is a damn shame the royals let him do what he wanted to
after signing him
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
rumors were he was on the juice. Minors started testing
and he never had anything offspeed
yeah
know people who knew him
a) he didnt have anything offspeed
b) he never did anything the summer after the royals signed him (and the royals never sent him a workout/checked in on him after he signed)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I doubt
you saw that many guys in H.S. who threw that hard. I remember the kid from Altus we faced one summer that was throwing “100”. The scout told me later they had him at 91.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
what is "the area" out of curiosity?
i assume east texas?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
and when I say 5
I’m talking consistantly 91,92,93 not Colt Griffin’s 1 pitch at 102
i would believe that there were 4-5 guys in e texas throwing in the 90s
a couple of years ago, there were at least 3 in the texarkana area (wacha at PG and some of the guys at t-high)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Drew Stubbs is from that area
he could play(still can obviously)
atlanta
come to think of it, there were at least 4 a couple of years ago
1 at PG (wacha)
2 at Thigh
1 at henderson (jenkins)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
So a bodybuilder can throw 90?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
That's the literal definition
we’re talking baeball here. Billy Wagner being the strongest of all arms
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Could a chimp throw upper 90's?
They are 10 x stronger than a human.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
There's a video on Youtube...
the chimp throws it so hard the ball has burn marks on it.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Still not
a good use of resources. Endy isn’t a gamechanger. You don’t get rid of one middle of the pack guy, especially not a guy with that good of arm, to replace him with another middle of the pack guy.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think Endy is a great savior
but there is no point in Davis being on this team. Our outfield last night(defensively) was pathetic. We shouldn’t be subjecting our team to that sort of outfield just so Chris Davis can get some PT
Boy, maybe?
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
"Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt and any thing that may not misbecome the mighty sender, doth he prize you at. "
I’m going with Exeter, he knew how to be dismissive.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
I voted the Angels
followed very closely by the A’s.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
I don't hate the Mariners at all
if only because Jeff Sullivan makes it easier to not hate them.
However, the Angels….
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
The Angels could go 0-162
and they would still be up there in the most hated, because of the walking labia that runs their site.
"You're failing Seymour; what is it with you and failure?"
Walking labia seems kind...
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Leftover parts from a labiaplasty??
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Jeff may be the only reason I don't hate the Mariners...
that and they haven’t been very good lately.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Please refrain from narrating the game. People can follow gameday on their own.
by Matthew
If knowledge is power, why does Stephen Hawking need batteries?
Please refrain
from talking poorly about Matthew.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Can someone explain to me why any of you gives a shit what Rev Halofan says or does?
Honestly, for me, it ranks right between who was voted off of Dancing with the Stars this week and maintaining an attractive taint
by blakethegr8 on Apr 19, 2011 1:31 PM CDT reply actions 3 recs
wow....well done
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
yeah, I find Rev amusing.,,,
he does not enrage me or anything…I also find that the majority of the community idolizes him, which is weird.
To each his own.
"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 have an attractive taint?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
No, his is horribly un-maintained.
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 1:36 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You know this how?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
He says he doesn't care about DWTS or maintaining his taint.
Oral sex could be very unpleasant.
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 1:40 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He could have the greatest taint ever
And oral sex on blakethegr8 would still be unpleasant at the very least for 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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
good point.
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 1:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
This is true.
I’m out of the loop when it comes to taint grooming. It just gets the occasional scrub.
Occasional?
The taint needs a little TLC, too.
It’s like I always say…“A clean taint is a happy taint.”
Do you like cheese bread?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I swear, Boomer,
It just feels like we’ve had this conversation before. Multiple times, in fact.
Am I hallucinating?
good point
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
un-tainted.
If you have a plan to construct somekind of a crude Twix vagaina, I’m all ears.
- Bob Loblaw
I'd say that a taint would serve as an accurate description of Rev.
Somewhere between an asshole and a dick.
by ILikePizza on Apr 19, 2011 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
He is what he eats.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
by Aqua on Apr 19, 2011 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Outside of being passionate about the Ranger's success.
I could not give a damn about any of the AL West teams. I am not much into the idea of hating, I just want the Rangers to do well and since that comes at the expense of the other AL West teams doing less well or even poorly, then so be it. Hatred takes more motivation and dedication then I have to spare. So I will just focus what I do have on being passionate about the Rangers.
Oh, this is the spot where everyone else puts long, annoying stories that take up the entire page.
The thing is
I moved to Dallas ten years ago, and that’s when I began following the Rangers (weird time to become a fan of the Rangers during THOSE early years). Watching them put the likes of Aaron Fultz, Robert Ellis,and Rick Bauer out there, yet I still, somehow, rooted for those teams. For the most part of those 10 years, it was the Angels who became the division rival that I detested the most.
"My parents actually loved to pimp me too." - LSJ
The reason I like Braden is one of the main reason ya'll hate him
he went to Texas Tech
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
I'm pretty sure that's not why he's hated around here.
I could be wrong though.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
IDK
I’m just guessing 95% of LSBers hate TTU
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm guessing 5% of LSBers like TTU
I’m guessing 5% of LSBers hate TTU
I’m guessing 90% of LSBers don’t give a shit about TTU
"I hope the image of my erect penis sears into your brain." by ab03 on Mar 24, 2011 9:13 PM CDT
I don't give a shit
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Don't give a shit about TTU, TCU or A&M.
Defending Big D - Dallas Stars news & analysis
Proud member of the Joe Nieuwendyk support team.
by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I gave a shit about TTU for about 3 days when it looked like Leach might get hired by Minnesota
And I don’t give a shit any more
account me amongst the 90%
who’s shit is not given.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
No, you're right
That is NOT the reason why most of us hate Braden.
"My parents actually loved to pimp me too." - LSJ
just because he's a douchey a's player
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate James Shields
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I still like Braden
How many UT grads have thrown a perfect game? (here we go….)
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Neither do I
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
i doubt that 95+% of LSBers knew he went to TT
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
It's mentioned everytime he pitches agaisnt us
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
must have forgotten it.
equally, hate for TT is literally zero part of the reason i (and most others) hate him.
if you dont get that…well not sure what else i can say
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
anyway, that's why I like him
so i guess i’m going to be hated
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't know it...
but then I don’t really care about the collegiate dick measuring that goes on around here and I avoid those subthreads.
I've never seen one
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
This is why people hate Braden. I think
“That “209” is the area code of Braden’s hometown of Stockton, California, where he showed it off at a local minor league baseball game. In Gothic numerals. No less."
If knowledge is power, why does Stephen Hawking need batteries?
Maybe he told the artist to write Tech and he just mispelled it.
If knowledge is power, why does Stephen Hawking need batteries?
I have never seen that pic
I can see why ya’ll hate him
Baseball players routines: Spit, Chew, Curse, repeat.
by Gay For Feliz on Apr 19, 2011 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Among other things
the THIS IS MY MOUND pussy bullshit, saying that “we don’t do much talking in the 209.”
He’s the epitome of douchetastic.
That one
is what sealed the deal for me. Anytime someone references their area code like I’m supposed to cringe automatically puts him on the d-bag list.
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
You wouldn't even make it into
the 817
"Calmer than you are dude"
I feel much better about the long-term major league futures of Boggs & Teagarden than Nelson Cruz.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Apr 19, 2011 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I hear
the 666 is pure hell
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
by boomer1 on Apr 19, 2011 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
817 FOR LIFE!
Although I became the 682 when I got my first cell phone.
But 817 REPRESENT!
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
It's only skreet if you were listed in Luda's Area Codes.
972 and 214 were.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I do believe you meant its only street if its Robert Matthew Van Winkle's area code in which case you would be correct
If knowledge is power, why does Stephen Hawking need batteries?
Whoah, wait, orlando's terrifying. I stay away from the crime puts, but yeah.
Orlando is definitely scary.
by philkid3 on Apr 19, 2011 3:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm 817 too.
You use the area code of your first gang, right?
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 2:49 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Of course.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Heh
I too have an 817 cell phone, despite living in Carrollton/Dallas for the past 12 years.
817 4 LIFE
"Napoli batting regularly in Arlington will be the biggest explosion in the American Southwest since Robert Oppenheimer tested the Manahttan Project."
-- RevHaloFan
So, you're the one tagging all the Starbucks......
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
They still have gypsies/Irish Travelers living out there?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
find out for me.
"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 am fascinated by Irish Travelers and The Freight Train Riders of America / other hobo or freight jumper gangs
Truef.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Travelers
My mom’s told me stories about the ones that live in the Augusta, Georgia area- we think my great-grandmother might have been one.
"Napoli batting regularly in Arlington will be the biggest explosion in the American Southwest since Robert Oppenheimer tested the Manahttan Project."
-- RevHaloFan
Yes...Irish Travelers are still in White Settlement.
per Google
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
903, bitches.
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Most misleading name ever.
Hardly any white people in White Settlement.
Not that there’s anything wrong 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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Are you purple?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
yellow & black
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 3:11 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Eaters
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
None of ya'll could hang
in the uber cool 903
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
heh
i was gonna say, no way i am the only one…
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
903 is fucking huge
from lake texoma all the way around the east side of dallas. (and out to texarkana and south)
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
yuuuup
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm chilling in the 903
RIGHT FUCKIN’ NOW!
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
OMG!!!!
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Damn I didn't realize 903 carried over into Tyler
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh yes.
Indeed it does.
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
903 is probably as big (or bigger than)
817, 972, 682, and 214 combined.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
where?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions
duh
was thinking e texas, not 903 lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
My in-laws are in the 903
I’ll pass :x
"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
817 was so pussy that we had to dump it and roll with the 9-Fo-0
"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'm a huge Cowboy fan, and I've always hated the rest of the NFC East. I talk mad shit.
But I never use past successes to justify my team’s current awesomeness (or lack of). If I see a Cowboy fan wearing a “Got Rings?” shirt, I’m gonna slap him in the face. Am I the only one that thinks that past success is a fandom cop out?
I never had a big problem with the Cardinals at all
whenever they were apart of it.
And maybe I just wasn’t as big into it then, but I didn’t have a problem with the Giants until somewhat recently when they got a clan of douches on their team like Osi and Tuck. Also Eli is one of the worst QBs I’ve ever seen and people overrating him so much also probably added to it.
"Look if you want a journalist hire a UT grad. If you want a doctor you pick a Baylor grad. If you need a vet you see an Aggie grad. And if you need a pizza you call a Tech grad." -BUBacker
Speaking of Hate
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=6388692
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Oh balls
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
fuck......swear to god I detest that guy
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
cant get to it at work
what does it say? (or is it the crawford story)
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
It's the Crawford story
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
ah
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Here's even more about Crawford...
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Since the Mavs are going to lose,
I hope the fans give him the business all night.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions
xx
I just think that it is almost humanly impossible a referee could have that record with one team during playoff games alone."
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm sure statistics gurus could weigh in on this
Is this enough data that the results are statistically significant?
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Why do you say it doesn't seem like it?
I mean, I know basketball games aren’t simple Bernoulli trials, but 2 out of 18 compared to their 48 out of 89 in the rest of their playoff games under Cuban is (statistically) obscene.
If you were overseeing some sort of process, and introduced a change that dropped your success rate from 54% over your first 89 runs to 11% over your next 18, how long would you wait before thinking it might have something to do with the change?
You can't really blame them for being paranoid..
you know, after that whole 2006 Finals thing.
by TooLegitToQuit on Apr 19, 2011 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
The NBA really sets themselves up for this sort of things by changing crews mid-series
It really DOES look like manipulating the outcome when they do it.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
its because its absolutely fucking true
I am coming for you, Mark Lowe.
You’d better run, because there will be more with me.
I WILL DESTROY YOU MARK LOWE. ---LSJ 3/24
Sample size issues,
but 2-16 is pretty damning. Between playoff teams, I doubt many games outside of some 1-8 matchups ever favor one team more than 70%. The Mavs have been pretty good over that stretch are were probably the better team in a fair number of games.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The thing that really got me
Was the -7.7 point differential with Crawford and the +0.9 point differential without him.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Hah.
Wow.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
It's pretty incredible.
For comparison purposes, if you flipped a coin 18 times, you’d only have a 0.00058 chance of getting just 2 heads. And less than a 7-in-10000 chance of having 2 or fewer heads.
Yes, this is what I get, too.
Incidentally, how did you do this? I did (1+2+3+(n-1))/(2^n) .
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
18-choose-2 / 2^18
Comes out the same in this case but I can’t tell you why off the top of my head. For instance, how would you do the 3-out-of-18 case?
Oh, yeah, that'd be better.
Probably some overly complicated version of what I did for 2/18.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
nvm, I think I see why that works for the choose-2 case now.
It would get super annoying to do something similar for the three-or-more case, though.
Yes.
I started to type it out and quickly powered down.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Quick, go to your Google search bar
and type:
18 choose 2
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
i <3 google
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions
It's so funny how many times I type 3 letters of an entire sentence
and it already knows what i’m looking for.
Google has made me an even lazier person than I already was.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Ok, type
18 choose 3
You don’t even have to hit enter!
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm talking about cumulative probabilities for
binomial distributions.
Not the combination/permutation method. Those only give you the probability for one case.
Excel (again. even though it makes me feel kinda dirty. Python 4 loife!)
super-easy to view both individual and cumulative over any range you like.
jeez
"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 felt like
my math/Google skills were being questioned, so I had to act smart.
But seriously, I used to rock at the maths
I don't have a fucking clue what you guys are talking about.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Generally, things are stastically significant at <0.05 .
How’s Nederland?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Um. Great.
I go to school all day and then have 2.5 hours of homework. Then I go eat somewhere…..so I’m really loving the restaurants. That’s all I’ve been able to see though, lol.
Had frog legs tonight. Mmm…..
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought you were on an oil rig or something.
WTF do you actually do for a living?
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
LOL
The rig was in Egypt, now it’s headed back to the Gulf.
I’m here in Middelburg, Netherlands to go to training for a week, then I head back to Houston. I’ll be back on the rig the first week of May.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
So the rig itself was in Egypt.
And now they’re moving it back to the Gulf?
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Yeah.
It’s a drill ship, so….it can move easily. Ultra-deepwater drilling ship.
The oil company temporarily moved it to Egypt for some exploratory drilling while the moratorium in the Gulf was in effect. Now that they have a permit to actually drill again, they’re headed back to where the money is at.
Defending Big D - Dallas Stars news & analysis
Proud member of the Joe Nieuwendyk support team.
by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Well it's a good thing we're loaning billions to the Colombians to build their new refinery.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Well...I don't know anything about that...
But, the moratorium is lifted in the Gulf, rigs are drilling again and there’s about 3,456 new regulations to follow. So….whee!!!
Defending Big D - Dallas Stars news & analysis
Proud member of the Joe Nieuwendyk support team.
by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmm?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
x
http://www.wmbb.com/Global/story.asp?S=14406075
Ever been in a boardroom, or a gang fight? Ever save a life? Ever won a court case against the odds? Ever held a dying buddy in your arms?.- jackanape on "perspective," 11/8/2010.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
x
About four percent of the transaction will directly benefit small businesses. The transaction will help create or sustain over 15,000 American jobs for a total of four years.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
BUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSHIT.
BULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Ok.
I wonder what the interest rate on the loan is.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
he WAS on a rig
until right before the tailgate
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Lol.
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Proud member of the Joe Nieuwendyk support team.
by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm starting to think the NBA should institute some sort of peremptory strike system for the playoffs.
Each team gets one strike per crew member.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Line item veto?
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
More or less
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Sorry,
NFL has me on edge about the term ‘strike’ right now.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
=\
PhilLee
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh.
"I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." - Jon Daniels
by GhettoBear04 on Apr 19, 2011 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions
As a Rangers fan who transported to LA
I see all my games at Angel Stadium. The older fans are pleasant as any other, cheerful ribbing from them.
The young fans? Spoiled little OC brats who are obnoxious, drunk AND high yelling things like “at least we live in Anaheim” as if anybody outside of Anaheim says “man I want to live there”.
by HollywoodRanger on Apr 19, 2011 2:07 PM CDT reply actions
The whole "Anaheim is completely different than LA REALLY"
thing is all racially motivated, isn’t it? Sure as fuck feels like it is.
As another Rangers fan who lives in LA
The older fans were very pleasant, except for one drunken fan who yelled “RANGERS SUCK!” in disgust after we won 2-1 on July 31. I didn’t encounter any issues with the younger fans, though, but perhaps if I go to more games at Angels Stadium, I’ll get a better idea of how the younger fans are.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
It was funny. Toward the end of the regular season last year
As the Rangers were cruising, but not dominating like they had earlier in the year, an Angels fan looked at me and said:
“Are you ready for the biggest meltdown in MLB history?”
Insinuating that the Rangers would still lose the AL West, being up 6-7 games at that point.
All I could say was “We’ll see. But until then, YOU guys own that title.”
by HollywoodRanger on Apr 19, 2011 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Haha
When that fan yelled “Rangers suck!” I almost wanted to say “Standings, sir,” but I figured that would be a bad idea. Messing with drunk, pissed off fans is never a good idea
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome!
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Dang
Better bring the rain ponchos to the game tonight, I guess
"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
Ooh
“Explosive thunderstorm development is expected along cold front this afternoon as it encounters a strongly unstable air mass with MLCAPE approaching 3000-4500 j/kg.”
Words that make my geeky little weather-loving self squeal with glee.
"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
LOL it's the welcome to spring in Texas, folks!
I enjoy the storms, until they start destroying my roof. However my kids hate them.
Denton and Weatherford for sure..
Don’t they always get hammered by any spring storm?
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Yes...it's awesome.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Grew up in Weatherford/Mineral Wells area growing up and they do get fucked up.
Assuming that you don’t consider them fucked up already like I do.
I just heard that a house was relocated in Krum
I’m kidding, but if you’ve ever been to Krum its about the flattest place in the universe.
Why don't you have a nice big cup of shut the fuck up? - Lisa W 3/4/2011
Don't they all have trailer hitches anyway???
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
Hell fuckin' yeah
Bring on the Supertornado! I’m gonna fight that bitch!
"Napoli batting regularly in Arlington will be the biggest explosion in the American Southwest since Robert Oppenheimer tested the Manahttan Project."
-- RevHaloFan
Fuckin sweet.
I love severe weather.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Angels.
Their fans are generally stupid. Heh. Yada yada not all of them.. but a ton of them I have came across are just so bias and ridiculous and ittle knowledge of The Game.
Though oddly enough the team I hate losing to the most is the A’s. And that’s just cause I always seem them as an inferior no matter the year.
"Look if you want a journalist hire a UT grad. If you want a doctor you pick a Baylor grad. If you need a vet you see an Aggie grad. And if you need a pizza you call a Tech grad." -BUBacker
Are you tired after that post?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
yEs
/Mike E
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Angels by far
And if you ever happen by the 2010 Rangers page on Baseball-Reference.com, you’ll see it’s sponsored by that diseased fuckhole, Rev.
I’ve never much hated the Mariners. Maybe it’s because they’ve had two of the most fun players to watch I’ve ever seen in Junior and Ichiro.
I do, however, hate Oakland. I hate their ridiculous ballpark and its 100 feet of foul territory. I hate the color green.
I still voted for the Angels just because they’ve had three names since I was a kid. I still catch myself calling them the California Angels from time to time.
A's
Because of the bullpen chair thing. Now that we have Wash and the Angels are arguably better I am starting to hate them more… Plus they are like Yankees of the AL West… money-wise at least
What 26 people 'like all of the teams' and could one of you explain the rationale behind this?
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
Fans of the other teams in the West seeing this post and deciding to mess with the poll numbers...
or just the margin of people that always vote for the silly option.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Jurickson Profar
Someone in the Morning Thread asked why Profar hadn’t played since Thursday.
Well from TR Sullivan:
The Rangers have placed shortstop Jurickson Profar on the disabled list. No word yet on how long he will be sidelined. He is playing at Class A Hickory and has a sprained left wrist.
So we were completely wrong about the casting of The Dark Knight Rises...
Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume his father’s philanthropic endeavors for Gotham. Gordon-Levitt will play John Blake, a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon.
Defending Big D - Dallas Stars news & analysis
Proud member of the Joe Nieuwendyk support team.
Oops.
Wrong thread.
Defending Big D - Dallas Stars news & analysis
Proud member of the Joe Nieuwendyk support team.
by Brandon Worley on Apr 19, 2011 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions
D'oh!
still looking forward to that movie, though
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
That's what he gets for helping the Angels.
(This sub thread is now on topic.)
by philkid3 on Apr 19, 2011 3:22 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
I don't see any way a beat cop could run around walls and ceilings, so I'm disappointed.
(Holy crap I spelled disappointed right on the first try for the first time in I don’t even know how long.)
Nolan may be hiding their identities prior to release.
I think he did that with Neeson’s character in Begins pre-release.
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 3:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
But, we know the truth.
Well then... I would like to see this Jeff Sullivan pornagraphy.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 11, 2010 10:35 PM PDT
by Feliz es bueno on Apr 19, 2011 5:17 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I enjoy beating the Angels more than the other two teams
But two of my good friends are Halos fans, so I have a hard time “hating” their team. Maybe I’ll just borrow Mike Napoli’s term and say it’s just “sports hate.”
-- Micah
"I like this show… boy, it’s got a lot of weiners in it." -- benmor78 on 4.13.11
Beltre is going to kill Plamer tonight.
@JeffWilson_FWST Jeff Wilson
The Angels Matt Palmer vs. the Rangers http://bit.ly/eYaErC
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
who?
/Mike E
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Apr 19, 2011 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
It was sarcasm
The entire team sucks against Palmer.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Yeah Palmer is very meh
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
The Mariners are like the Redskins
The second they become good, they will instantly be my most hated team. But right now, I’m just so indifferent to them that it has to be the Angels and Scioscia’s stupid face.
Any of you weather geeks give me a weather site to look at?
The skies just got scary.
"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 wish there was a service that could search the internet for you and find things you might be interested in ... maybe it could operate by keyword or allow you to put in search terms.
Oh what a wondrous invention that would 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.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
I like to create environments where folks can show off their skills and knowledge.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
And you can be justifiably lazy.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
that's where I usually go...seeing if there are others
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
big thunder in lil' d
thx, cool site
"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 getting big hail too?
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
no. a nice, steady spring rain
you arent that far from me…where you at?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
now it's dumping
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
east
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
well, now the sun is shining
"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 is incredible
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
ITS FUCKING HOT
Still not appropriate to wear a speedo though.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
This is awesome
and I’m sad that it’s blocked on my work computer and I had to go see it on my phone.
"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
see what happens when u nurture creativiy?
just let them spread those wings.
"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 website is awesome
can’t find a screenshot I took when it was 113 in LA back in September, but if I do find it, I’ll post it
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
What did it say?
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
don't ruin it
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
found it
uploading in a few
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I took the screencap when it was 111, but it later got to 113 that day
Here ya go.
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
awesome.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Haha
so many people were complaining that day. I will say it was the hottest temperature I felt in a really long time
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Oakland, CA
62°?!
ITS FUCKING ….ALRIGHT
Everything’s nice butter weather!
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 19, 2011 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Los Angeles, CA
66?!
ITS FUCKING NICE
IT’S ABOUT FUCKING TIME
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Damnit, I'm too far south.
Just walked outside and looked to the north to see a giant ass thunder-head moving in to the north. I wanna see!
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
moar rain?!?!?!
sweet…I’m tired of watering my newly planted St. Augustine
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
Also, I just use the radars at wfaa.com
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Team? No... Fans? Yes
I don’t really hate teams, except the Yankees… What I really hate are obnoxious fans who think that their teams real or perceived glory somehow translates over to them personally…. Thus, I really hate a lot of Yankee and Red Sox fans. I’m exstatic that the Rangers are doing well, but it doesn’t make me in any way superior to a Mariner’s fan. I also hate Tampa and Oakland “fans” because they won’t come out and support a good organization.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubble gum.
And the winner is the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Why?
They easily have the most annoying announcers in the league (and past announcers I’m looking at you Hudler)
They have the most annoying SBNation blog Torii Hunter off the top of my head
-Their fans
-Most annoying players
-Their peskiness
-They don’t even know what city they are from. LA of Anaheim. That’s so dumb.
Those aren’t even all the reasons.
Rev at HH holds a special place in my hate-filled heart.
Every time Napoli hits a homerun for us, I can feel Rev inch a little closer to death, and that makes me happy.
Seriously though, the guy’s got to be bi-polar, seeing how he swings between jerk and douche.
Most Angel fans are cool, but Rev and his little circle of brown-nosers, can’t stand them.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubble gum.
My Hate List (in order of magnitude)
Angels
Red Sox
Yankees
A’s
Mariners
White Sox
the entire National League
I am indifferent to all of the other AL teams.
We need more runs...
I don't understand how you can put the BoSox ahead of the MFNYY.
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings.
I hate the red sox more than the yankees
They’re 1-2 in my book, but the red sox fans annoy me more because they think they’re different from the yankees. Also your standard annoying female sports fan is a red sox fan
Before the Red Sox won the World Series the first of the two recent times
they weren’t on my list at all. But I feel like the fans have become incredibly obnoxious and entitled and they have picked up a bunch of bandwagon fans. Also, the recent spending by that organization has put them right up there with the Yankees.
I didn’t start to hate them more than the Yankees until the last 2 years though. But it’s pretty close and I could easily flip them if the Yankees win another world series or something.
Neither will ever surpass the Angels for me though.
We need more runs...
Who hates the A's more than the Mariners?
You’re fucking weird man.
This day is slightly marred by the fact that John Rhadigan sucks a flaming bag of shit. - LiamP
I used to hate the Mariners more than the A's,
but the Mariners got so shitty that I couldn’t keep the same level of hatred for them. My hatred of the A’s goes back to the bash brothers days when we always seemed to finish behind them or the White Sox in the years we were decent.
We need more runs...
Wooo!
Area code talk!
"...out of the shadows of unprecedented success, the sun shines down upon this team waiting to thrill anew." - ghostofErikThompson
Dang it
I was supposed to head home in 10 minutes, and it’s freaking hailing outside.
If you’re anywhere near downtown Coppell, take cover!
"Napoli batting regularly in Arlington will be the biggest explosion in the American Southwest since Robert Oppenheimer tested the Manahttan Project."
-- RevHaloFan
I'm in Coppell off Bethel and Freeport
Let’s just say it sucks for those that are trying to get home.
by lost in space on Apr 19, 2011 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
I have always hated the Angels, going way back.
Have had a soft spot for the A’s. When I was a kid I loved Dave Stewart and Dennis Eckersley.
I am near 408 and I-20
and in the last 30 minutes it has gotten really dark and the thunder is rumbling constantly. If it’s this far south already I do not think RBiA is going to escape it completely. Hope it’s not a hugely long rain delay :/
"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
Hope so.
Jim Cantore just said we may see big-ass hail before it goes away. Do not want.
"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
Stay safe, fellow Rangers fans!
Don't play F A G! Do not play F A G! Don't- (BLAST F). OH MY GOD WHAT ARE YOU (BLAST A) DOING?! I SAID NOT TO (BLAST G)!
by DFWTrojanTuba on Apr 19, 2011 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Big thunder here in South Arlington
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
.
Rebecca Miller
Severe t-storm warning extended until 6:30 for Tarrant and Dallas. Ranger game could be delayed…not postponed or rained out, though.
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Catching a big chunk (sorry about sizing)
(note this updates so it won’t look the same if you come back and see it later)
Probably won't make it out here, but I wish it would.
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’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
That's not far from me
just had one that rattled the whole house.
It’s now dark enough that my porch lights are on, too. (they’re on a photo cell)
"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
It is dark here as well
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I used to live in downtown Dallas
but I bought a house last month. It’s technically in Dallas but not by much.
"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
Big Trouble in Little China, 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.
"I’d perform oral sex on Greg Oden before I’d hit that."- Adam J. Morris about Ke$ha, 4/17/2011.
Nothing Jack Burton can't handle
by dolphinpuncher on Apr 19, 2011 6:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I've hated the Mariners the longest, the Athletics most vehemently at any point and the Angels most recently.
They’re all awful franchises and their continued existence is a scar on the face of the universe. There isn’t a single redeeming factor about any of them and anyone who claims to be a fan of these teams is a closeted pedophile, necrophiliac, zoophile or all of the above.
by dolphinpuncher on Apr 19, 2011 5:52 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 3 recs
RachelB said the same thing on twitter
and she is literally, walking distance from the ballpark.
Thunder just got WAY more intense here and it just started raining.
"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 went and harvested a golf ball sized piece of hail out of my yard.
It’s in the freezer.
"The Angels are like the villain in the movie that isn't dead until he's been stabbed 150 times in the bath tub, yet he still might come back up one more time." - Eric Nadel
Tornado sirens going off in South Arlington like bigsteve said
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Weather seems to be bad in South Arlington in the Texas.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
The 817 is getting pounded
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
Azure skies and a radiant sun in the 505
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
I love big weather
Josh Hamilton: "I just show up, look at the lineup and play where I’m told. If they want me to catch, I’ll catch."
Jon Daniels on relationship with #Rangers Young: "I’d love to walk in and hug everybody every day, but that’s not critical to us winning." 2/19/11
I do miss the old-fashioned North Texas thunderstorm.
"I have thought a lot about why people get so hostile online, and I have come to believe it is primarily because we live in a society with a hypertrophied sense of justice and an atrophied sense of humility and charity, to put the matter in terms of the classic virtues." --Alan Jacobs
Hated Teams
I’ve never understood why it gets down to this.
Is it the years of being beaten by a better team, or years of choking?
Is it “normal” to “hate” those that are better than you?
Enjoy the glow of your season last year, because it’s a long season ahead, and the Angels are getting ready to reload with Aybar, Pinero, and Morales.
This will be a good competition this year.
I cast my vote for the most hated team – TEXAS!
Most hated teams in sports
1a. Anaheim Angels
1b. Philadelphia Eagles
2. Boston Red Sox
Jon Daniels > Nolan Ryan > awesome
Constantly shuffling order.
1. Eagles
2. Giants
3. Redskins
4. Angels
5. Huskies
6. Mariners
7. Steelers
8. Yankees
9. Ducks (Especially basketball.)
10. Red Sox
11. Jets
12. 49ers
13. White Sox
14. Celtics
15. Blazers
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