Open Thread - ALCS Game 4
by Flashfire on Oct 20, 2009 4:30 PM PDT
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I hear yesterday's game between the Yankees and Angels was pretty exciting. So was the one between the Dodgers and Phillies.
Too bad I missed both of them while in the midst of sleeping the better part of 18 hours following some dental work. Since I'm still pretty loopy from it (a combination of conscious sedation and removing three wisdom teeth will do that) there's a good chance I'll be sleeping during most of this one as well.
The National League is off today so we've just got one game on the schedule, starting at 4:57 down in Anaheim. As a sidenote, I've never understood why the start times for these playoff games are like that. Does it really make a difference?
CC Sabathia gets the start against Scott Kazmir. Sabathia is working on three days' rest after dominating in Game 1 while Kazmir's last outing was a struggle in the ALDS clincher in Boston on the 11th. A New York win puts them in control of the series while the Angels try to even it up.
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Someone please explain...
Karros’ hair. TY!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 4:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
15 minutes to baseball!
Just got home…have a burrito…TV…comfrotable chair…
by OaklandSi on Oct 20, 2009 4:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Still awake!
So far.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Oct 20, 2009 4:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Watching the Angels celebrate
Makes me want the Yanquis to win. This, of course, can never be, it’s a messed up experience.
by paradox on Oct 20, 2009 4:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Watching the Stankees celebreate makes me want the slegnA to w....
Wait. Nope. Nevermind.
Can’t they BOTH lose?!?!?
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the other hand
it might make Giants fans unhappy, so that could count for something here.
The enemy of my enemy is my friends friend?
by MobiusKlein on Oct 20, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The nice thing to do would be to ignore the laundry and enjoy the game.
The jerky thing to do would be to wish for a comet to hit Angel Stadium and wipe them all out.
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Oct 20, 2009 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Comets!?!?
No one told me we could invoke comets!
Comets! Comets! Bring the comets!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As long as it only hits the field
and only injures the players for the remainder of their contract spans.
by MobiusKlein on Oct 20, 2009 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooooh! Magic comets!
Better than a fireworks show! I’d pay to see that!!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Baseball!
Let’s go…!
Uh…
Let’s goooo…
hmmmm
Well…
Look BASEBALL!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
LOL Jeter
Praise that, Buck & McCarver.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Oct 20, 2009 5:01 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm hungry.
I'm here to talk about the past.
by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 20, 2009 5:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What the hell...
let’s count Kaz K’s…
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are there a lot of empty seats?
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 5:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Swish is rocking the high socks!
He once said he’d never do that…
by OaklandSi on Oct 20, 2009 5:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He musta decided not to blame the high sox
but to blame his dad… who was in the stands watching the first/last time.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So will this game take 11 or 12 hours to play?
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 5:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes
Wait, that’s probably how many hours of sleep I might get tonight.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Oct 20, 2009 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a new game...
Take a drink every time they mention Jeter
Bring back McGwire and Canseco, that would solve everything
by oaklandfan89 on Oct 20, 2009 5:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Impossible - I'd be unconscious before the pre-game show was over
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get a hit, young man!
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 5:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The pace of that inning made me a bigger football fan
throw the darn ball Kazmir!
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I always think it's so odd of the Yanks to make players shave for image reasons
but not to tell them to avoid spitting on the plate while on camera.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lets go Yankees!
Oh, but if I catch a line drive by a girl, that’s girl-on-girl action, the twiceness is eliminated, and it just counts once - gigglingone
by closetasfan on Oct 20, 2009 5:35 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Needs to be fixed ASAP
Letsgo YankeesFAIL slegnA!
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wake me in the 5th
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 5:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Napoli needs to get low...
Promise not to quote Lil Jon lyrics here…
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Another day of baseball suck
I hope someone at least wins on a walkoff again
"Do I talk to myself? No, I just remind myself of what I'm trying to do. You know, I never answer myself so how can I be talking to myself?" - Rickey
by cuppingmaster on Oct 20, 2009 6:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
baseball suck
is better than 99% of all other kinds of suck.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
man, that googlewave is crazy
Anyone else have it yet? I keep editing this girl’s messages so it says to me “I want you”, she’s getting SO mad at me, lol.
wait….theres a baseball game on?
by PL78 on Oct 20, 2009 6:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
gymnastics
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 20, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
4th inning. Infield in.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 20, 2009 6:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Body says it's time to sleep
I think part of it is to spare me from how boring this game has been.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Oct 20, 2009 6:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
CC yawning too
I blame Kazmir’s pace…
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
!
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 20, 2009 6:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
just in time to see jeter fail
please
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 6:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hi
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 20, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SUP!?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 20, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
kewl.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 20, 2009 6:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, not tonight.
Played Sunday, and I usually play Mondays/Thursdays but this week is a bye week.
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 20, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Poor Aybar...
can’t get a break in this series…
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually, it's kinda hilarious
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by baseballnut020 on Oct 20, 2009 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Umps after made such a good call at home plate
Completely blow the call at 2nd and give the Yankees an extra out.
@worldblee on Twitter.
by worldblee on Oct 20, 2009 6:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then they give it back on the early departure call at 3rd
Pretty close on that one.
@worldblee on Twitter.
by worldblee on Oct 20, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He didn't even look at Swish during the play.
That’s pretty brutal.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe the call was, "He was out at second a while ago."
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh
Sorry, but if you need super slo replay to see it, it’s not a bad call. Now the “failed” tag up called by a guy who never even looked at Swish during the entire play. That’s a really bad call.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Make up call for Aybar
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't think so.
The first call wasn’t really “bad”. The second call really was.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two bad calls.
At least they canceled each other out.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
3-0
So far so good.
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by baseballnut020 on Oct 20, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is why I'm not at all upset for the Angels to trade for
Kazmir and his big contract. I just don’t think he’s all that good.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's a 20 pitch/inning pitcher with a lot of Ks and a lot of BBs
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's painful to watch
I hate pitchers who take forever to throw the ball
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
not so much Ks tonight as lots of BBs
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why are these announcers drooling over the yankees
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 6:30 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
man crush?
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Don on Mad Men is getting ready to crash
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's coming, and i think betty is going to flee
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hold your tongue!
Haven’t watched this week’s episode yet!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
go watch the show 149 it's better then this game
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's plenty of time all winter
to watch not-baseball.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Worst Officiating Crew in MLB Post Season history...
or WORSTEST officiating crew in MLB post season history?
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think fans of the 1985 Cardinals would disagree with you
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll take that
as a vote for “worst officiating crew in MLB post season history”
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This turn of events is mildly pleasing to me
I would just as soon see the Yanks win Thursday; I dislike the fans of both teams as much, if not more, as the teams themselves, so that would deprive Yankee fans of the home celebration and make Angels fans watch the party.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Then can't the Angels win in 7, please?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hate the Angels more
But so long as whichever of them loses to the NL, preferably in the most humiliating manner possible.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ooooo kazmir ran down the stairs and threw his glove on the ground hard
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 6:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
did he think about it for 5 minutes first?
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And here's his lovely parting gift
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
But not especially accurately?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!
BOO YAH!
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by baseballnut020 on Oct 20, 2009 6:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If A-Rod is going to hit like this the Yankees are going to win their 27th title
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not "win," buy.
The Yankees don’t win anything.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Makes me wish I was a Christian...
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I "borrowed" it from facebook
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So she's the anti-Alyssa?
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think so
but I meant dating Alyssa seems not to enhance a player’s performance on the field.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they're probably depleted of energy
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd never want to leave the room for the first 6 months
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
she probably doesn;t let them leave
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think she's a little older than me
but I know I’ve had a crush on her since I was like 12 years old
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think A-Rod may need his adenoids taken out in the off-season
He always seems to have his mouth open, as if he can’t breathe through his nose.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If I'm ever incapable of drying off my own head with a towel,
please kill me immediately. Thanks.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
was that the same guy that massages a shirtless A-Rod?
I think the photo is here
by OaklandSi on Oct 20, 2009 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like how he folded the towel afterwords and just put back up behind the seats
to be used again. I think we now know why flu bugs can spread through an entire team
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We're just waiting for the swine flu to hit my school
if it happens I’ll get the swine flu shot if they get it out in time
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can I just suggest you do some research before deciding, sirbed
1. The swine flu is mostly media hype, no worse than any other — there are flus every year and people die from flus every year, mostly the elderly and those with horrible immune systems
2. They don’t know the effects of vaccines 15 years later when they give you the shot.
Just do due diligence before doing something you might regret.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm only going to get the shot if we really start having problems
mainly because I don’t want to make any of my students sick.
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right. The point is that there's nothing special about this flu
It’s just yet another strain, like there are every year, that most people won’t get. It’s only “remarkable” because the media says “IT’S THE SWINE FLU!!!!1111111”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, this isn't the case
This is a new strain (the first “new” strain since the 1919 outbreak), and there is the potential that it could kill a lot of people. The fact is, people have become immune to the hype because of previous scares, but that doesn’t mean there’s not good scientific reason to be concerned
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know. I happen to have a couple friends
who are pretty high up in the medical field and they roll their eyes at the hype. I predict it will kill a lot of people about as much as the world fell apart on 1/1/2000.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact is, scientists can only express this as a range of possibilities
(rather like predicting batting averages in the next year, perhaps).
To say that it’s all media hype is rather misleading; the fact is, there’s a chance that it could be a serious epidemic, just as there is a chance that there is not. Indeed, I do hope that you are right. But does that mean we shouldn’t take precautions?
This article from earlier this year does a pretty good job at looking at how the thing is expressed
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the precautions came
a. for free (in the medical sense, not the financial sense) and
b. without hysterical exaggeration
yes, precautions are good. You could have said all the same things about Y2K which “could have been a big deal” but…actually really was an exaggeration that made the media a ton of money but didn’t really help otherwise.
Anyway, we’ll all have our different perspectives on whether the chance it’s an epidemic is 1 in 3 or 1 in 3million. I just hope everyone stays well and makes good choices about how to react to the “possible epidemic!!!111”
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think, when it really comes down to it
is that the media doesn’t deal with science in a particularly coherent manner; something is either going to happen, or not going to happen. If it does, scientists are right, if it doesn’t scientists are wrong.
This, in turn, leads people to overly panic when scientists express risk, and then to be frustrated afterwards if it doesn’t happen. Are you annoyed when you safely cross the road? And yet, there’s still a degree of risk (I don’t me you, in particular, but in a general sense).
Anyway – this in turn leads us to dismiss expressions of risk, but in our recent experience, they have proven unfounded.
I agree, incidentally, that the state should be providing vaccinations, for free; I believe that it’s part of the social contract we have to preserve the wellbeing of the people, as well as making good business sense, if it keeps people at work.
But then, I also believe that it’s everyone’s responsibility to get vaccinated against diseases, as appropriate, thus ‘drying up the puddle’ and helping to stamp them out.
Like Polio, for example
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This thread
would soooo NOT be happening if this game was remotely interesting.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I know, right?
Once again, the Yanks are to blame
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
At least we both agree that the media is evil
And yes, I’m annoyed when I safely cross the road but mostly because I keep bumping into a goddamn chicken. Why?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think the media is evil (well, not all of it)
but more that it’s run by journalism students who hated science and math lessons when they were at school.
As for the chicken; you see an obstruction, I see dinner.
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
legal practice
suffers from the same problem… the hating math and science problem… not the chicken problem. Only the chicken truly suffers the chicken problem.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The media is run by people solely out the make money
the rest is what they feel well help them accomplish this.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, you're right
I expressed myself poorly – I mean, science stories are generally written by non scientists lookiing to make the story more interesting, and assuming that no-one would be that interested in the actual science.
Hence, the OMG WE’RE ALL GUNNA DIE OH WAIT SCIENCE WAS WRONG type crap we get all the time
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The trouble with predicting "We're all gunna die!!!!!"
is that best case scenario, you’ll only be right once.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, but how cool will you be then?
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
dead cool
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not replying, but only because I'm dead.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
/cocks shotgun
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 20, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OW, MY COCK!!!!
Jerk.
I loved that rooster.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not all the media
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I've already seen the conspiracy theorists out there...
…warning that the vaccines are really just an attempt by the government to subtly infect a bunch of people with something and kill them.
So…yeah.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Oct 21, 2009 7:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ZOMG CAN YOU PROVE IT'S NOT!?!?!?!?
They call their best player "Kung Fu Panda" and they complain that people aren’t taking them or the game seriously enough? -Nick
by mikev on Oct 21, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with you on the hype
especially since flu kills people every year. Like I said it’s not my biggest concern but some of the people at the school are acting like we’re all going to die!
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
When 30%+ of the student population goes out
it should be a pretty big concern. But definitely not the “we’re all going to die!!!!” sense.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some people who work at schools tend to be shall we
say dramatic about certain things at least that’s been what I’ve seen about things like the swine flu.
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably necessarily so
If you have to deal with a lot of parents of kids who are freaking out. You err on the side of over caution.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
can't say that I agree with you on that
I think they often make it worse. I like a common sense approach but I’m just a teacher not an administrator and I never will be.
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. I'm mostly with you on that
But when you can be sued for the stupidest things, stupidity seems the better part of valor.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know and you're right about being safe
like I said I’d hate to have to deal with all that stuff so I should just probably shut up about it.
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm going to disagree with you on this, Nico
Having been on some of the conference calls with the CDC, and having doctors in my family who tell me to get it as soon as I can. But we probably don’t want to have another thread full of amateur immunology.
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just hope folks do realize that getting vaccinations
has the potential to do one harm, as well as to do one good, and both should be weighed. I certainly won’t go near the shot, but I understand many will and obviously I hope we both stay well!
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Partially why I'm not either
But mainly people tend to overdo sanitization making them less resistant to even the smallest bugs. Screws up the immune system.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
so just curious..
what “causes” allergies? Cuz my immune system thinks everything is a bug. I only develop symptoms from the most vehement bugs… but I look like I have a cold 50% of the year.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Santization and immunization are rather different things;
On the whole, immunization shots are one of the greater successes of the modern age.
When was the last time you heard of someone die of smallpox, for example?
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh no, totally
But your ability to fight off major bugs is reduced when you’re keeping your body from the practice of fighting off minor bugs. And you’re much more likely to get the bigger bug if you’re body doesn’t handle it properly with the smaller one. I’m not discounting immunization on the whole by any means. But there is a risk/reward involved and if your system isn’t well prepared to handle bugs, you should probably get the shot because you’re body will be less able to fight it. If you’re system is strong, the odds of getting it and/or getting it really really bad are less so you have less need for it. Something like small pox that’s extremely difficult, if not impossible, to treat well, it’d probably be really dumb not to get it.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure that this is strictly true
Else, why would have life expectancy improved as hygene has improved?
Naturral immunities are built up, but that’ll only stop you getting the same disease again; viruses mutate, and due to the nature of this selection process, will be resistant to the phages and keys that your white blood cells have developed to fight them.
This is why you keep getting the common cold, for example. Not because your body didn’t build up a way of fighting it, but because the virus that causes it is a slightly different strain than one you’ve had before.
Your core point is, of course, correct; if you’ve never had any disease before, and were released into the world, you’d basically be fucked, because you’d immediately catch everything out there. So in that respect, exposure does help you, as it lessons the chances of you getting multiple illnesses at once.
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well there stupid and and then there's overdoing it
Life expectancy improved, in part, by better hygiene. Don’t eat shit off the floor. Don’t touch things that attracted bugs, etc. That’s still important. But people who use the heavy duty soaps after touching anything and everything are doing more harm than good because your system still needs to be active. It just doesn’t need to be overactive by being overly sloppy.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I honestly don't think they're doing themselves any more harm
Except by wasting their time and depleting their bank accounts.
The practice is, for the most part, pretty futile, unless you really did lock yourself away.
I think we basically agree, but you think it’s a little more dangerous, I just think it’s pointless. There’s not an ocean between us, really
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Dangerous is definitely the wrong word. Just more harmful. I’ve seen studies that suggest this. I seriously doubt it’s a life threatening sort of thing. Just more “prone” if anything. But we’re definitely not really disagreeing with much.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, dangerous is not the right word, I overstated your position
This is a really boring game, isn’t it?
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes... yes it is.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
biggest loser
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
WHAT DID YOU CALL ME???
oh wait, that
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez Jorge
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 20, 2009 6:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
helloooo.
what’s the score? Sounds like the Angels are losing.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 20, 2009 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Stankees 5, slegna Nil
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
meh.
I like the close games: stresses fans of both teams out, and then one side suffers a brutal loss. None of this almost-blowout nonsense.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 20, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh gawd! This is just freakin rediculous!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What game is he watching?
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 6:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Mad Men?
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hope it's more important than doing his job.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that is the worst postseason third base running I've ever seen
worse than Miggy in 2003 Game 3
by OaklandSi on Oct 20, 2009 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I bet he was looking at center field again
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone oughta tell Tim McClellan that he's missing a great game.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Either that
or pass the popcorn and tell us what channel the game he’s watching is on.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This game may take the record for bad ump calls in a post-season match
by Jackson23 on Oct 20, 2009 6:55 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is that wasn't even a remotely tough call.
Neither man was on the base.
Both were tagged out.
HOW CAN YOU MISS THAT?!?!
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if you're too "right there just a couple feet away"?
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clearly there's a hot chick out in the outfield bleachers
who is much more interesting than a player tagging two runners off the base.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A _new_ "neighborhood rule" perhaps?
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey who doesn't love pie?
Ben & Jerry’s has this new apple pie ice cream that I just finished that should be illegal it’s so good.
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't
I don’t hate pie either, but I don’t think I’ve ever had a deep seeded need for pie nor a pie experience that left me satisfied.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meh
I like cake a lot better and have cake cravings and been satisfied by cake. So I guess so. Still wouldn’t say I loved cake. We just get along better than pie.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
you don't give your love away easily then DMOAS
I’m a slut for pie and ice cream
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've seen that
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like pie so much that I would have eaten the pie rather than try to
uh…mate with it
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How much do you love pie?!?!
Would you eat the pie AFTER he… uh… “mated” with it?!?!?!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
just checkin...
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer candy
to cake or pie. Skittles. Gummy Bears. Red Vines.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mmm... candy
Good & Plenty. Sweet sugary treats. There’s where my love goes.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
With that and the color it reminds me of a children's classic
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's Hammer-Time!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aybar looks like a gremlin
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 20, 2009 7:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
after water
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gremlin
Not a Mogwai. Mogwai = cute and cuddly and don’t touch water or eat after midnight. Gremlin = Ugly
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh fine...
be an aficionado of 80’s kids films… ;-)
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
tater tots and BBQ sauce
mmmmmmmm!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hmm I like it
I like french fries dipped in A-1 sauce as well.
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aioli for me with the fries
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that sounds good Englishmajor
I think I’ll try that
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can I get that in a squeeze bottle?
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had dinner already
but now I can’t stop thinking about fries……
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
jorge posada painting his nails with white out....ok
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 7:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
TV announcer commented that the Yankees' dugout
looked more like a salon…between Posada’s nail polish and A-Rod’s personal toweller…cute
by OaklandSi on Oct 20, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably to make it easier for the pitcher to see the signs
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Oct 21, 2009 7:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, that's why many catchers do it
there was a moment in the Yankees’ dugout where Posada fluttered his fingers under Swisher’s nose…looks like they’re having fun with it too…
by OaklandSi on Oct 21, 2009 1:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh-Oh runners on
Time for Giradi to make 12 pitching changes
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
slegnA fans begging for alms?
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Real baseball fans don't use Thunder Stix
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 7:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
nope we A's fans show up as empty green seats
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
speaking of the tarps,
I hope they clean them sometime before next season, because they looked really gross this summer. The white was all dirty and almost gray. Made the tarps look worse than normal.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 20, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Lew thinks that's what rain is for
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
invisible to cameras
spooky
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Getting confused about the number of outs at this level is pathetic
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 7:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
149 likes this
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Especially someone as experienced as Posada
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Omigod, everyone!!!!!
Jorgi Posada’s nails look sooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!! Are the Red Sox still winning?
-Cindi
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 7:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
just saw the shot of the stadium from outside
“Angels Stadium…of Anaheim”
don’t they know where they are?
by OaklandSi on Oct 20, 2009 7:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It all sucks to me.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Yanks should let CC hit
Just for giggles.
Oh, and Swish can pitch.
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 7:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
With Giradi as the manager that could happen as he does a triple switch in the 8 inning
with 2 out and nobody on
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i was trying to take a nap but it's too cold
i think i have to turn on the heat for the 1st time this fall
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 7:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We need a topic that's not the game
(because even those of you watching the game don’t have anything to say about it).
So: anyone here watch “Glee”? I’ve been enjoying it, for the most part. I’m a sucker for song-and-dance in pretty much any form, so this is right up my alley.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 20, 2009 7:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I watch online
but I’m like three episodes behind…
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Will catch up after baseball season
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 7:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, gotta watch baseball while you can.
I watch online too. I really love Hulu, especially as I am TV-less. What did we do before TV on the internet? Ah yes, VHS… glad that’s over with.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 20, 2009 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hulu is cool but I have a DVR so I don't really use it
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well you and your DVR
are just too cool for school Hulu then.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 20, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have single-tuner DVR
I find I watch more online and the DVR stuff stacks up like netflix DVDs.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
never seen it
but from the ads it doesn’t look like my cup of tea
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This
Despite the fact that Jane Lynch, who I tend to like, is in it.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
She's funny
I loved her in Role Models
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've not been watching Glee
but I am watching 90210, now.
mmm, glossy.
I am also making no progress actually doing any work
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
90210 huh?
so you like gritty real life drama then
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
weirdly, they just made a reference to Dawson's Creek
why not just flash up a message and tell me I’ve wasted my life, it’d be quicker
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
outside of Mad Men, Lost and House
I don’t watch a lot of TV
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
outside of
Mad Men, House, The Daily Show, and baseball… I don’t watch a lot of TV.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't watch Lost, but the other two are good
I ‘work’ at home, so I tend to have the TV on to distract me during the day
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I worked at home I'd never get anything done
and it would be hard to have 25 students in my condo
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And episode of Glee is like an really short "after school special"
with singing, dancing, and better writing (most of the time).
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There we go.
Nice play by Aybar!
Something worth commenting on….finally.
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by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
That was speshul.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gooooooaaaaaaaaaal!
wait… never mind…
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Damn it, Palmer
You’re making 30 year old journeymen look bad.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope every time that Jonny Damon hits a home run
a ‘Nation’ of Red Sox fans whines
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I know certainly do
The foul territory in Oakland doesn’t stop that ball from going out.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 8:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I leave for 45 secs. to get my laptop powercord....
….and by the time I get back, the game has gotten even less interesting.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sure hope those phillies can beat the yankees
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 8:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Given the fact that virtually EVERYTHING in the 2009 baseball season
has gone the opposite of what I hope for, I’m not holding my breath.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
by Nico on Oct 20, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know
The giants not making the playoffs was something that worked out well for me. I’m hopeful.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was kinda torn on this
I would quite liked to have gone to some playoff games here in the bay.
Though, I would probably been rooting for the visiting team (non Dodger caveats apply)
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I say
Nico should “hope” for NYY to take it all.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And it'll be more satisfying than seeing the slegnA beat them.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it would be more satisfying to watch the dodgers beat them, but either will do
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disagree
But my Yankee hatred is great enough that I’d have no trouble rooting for the Dodgers in an LA-NY World Series.
I think I’ve figured out that my worst case scenario is actually slegnA-Dodgers, since I can’t for the life of me determine who I’d want to win it.
Since I hate the Yanks worse than anyone, their presence in a series vs. the Dodgers would actually awaken a rooting interest that I’d miss were the two LA teams playing.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yankees vs Dodgers
I just think I wouldn’t watch
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would not watch
NYY LAD
LAA LAD
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
c'mon east vs. west, joe torre's revenge, the whole history of those teams
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Torre's revenge
does nothing for me.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The yawn of it all
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't stand those teams
and all the Joe vs the Yanks stuff would get old after game 1
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
then you better hope the phillies win
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Phil's are the only team I don't hate
Plus Cole and Chase are just dreamy!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
"I think we were in a car commercial..."
I’ve seen that VW ad literally dozens of times and it still doesn’t really make sense to me.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Sad fan has a sad
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 8:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Lackey doesn't even close his mouth on the bench!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He's a mouth breather - pure and simple and disgusting to watch
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think last time I said you'd need $50 million this time it would be more like $200
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure we could even afford his uniform.
There’s a lot of material there!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:18 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Baaa Baaaa
Black taco?
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Am I the only one
Who thinks that’s dirty?
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the heck IS that anyway??
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No kidding
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And more importantly - based on those commercial - why would I want to try one?
Fail by the ad agency that sold them that campaign
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Again. No kidding.
That and the “volcano” taco. But at least you got that was supposed to be hot.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought
“volcano” referred to how it came out at the end of the process… Huh.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just decided that I am not in their demographic - so I don't get it!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't want to know anyone who is in their demographic.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jack-in-the-box-esque
ironic marketing ploy?
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've a question
has anyone ever been to an event with a motivational speaker? Especially if it was an athelete?
Do they actually, yknow, pump you up? I suspect I’m a little too jaded
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
we had a guy talk to the football team last year
when I was coaching and I thought it was silly but the players loved it
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've seen
Zig Zigler and Wayne Dyer… pretty pumpy.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think men like it more
(jealous)
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 8:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very pumpy!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's some inspiring defense!
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Getting some Schaden-value from the faces of the slegnA fans!
That’s something…..
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I just got home to see the Damon HR - but this game has been over for a while...
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:26 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I've watched the whole damn sorry thing
and I can’t figure out why
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
hoping for some better baseball??
Last night’s LA/Phillies game was pretty good (what I saw)
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or to see Angels LOSE big!!
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody else see that girl crying her eyes out in the stands?
I feel sorry for her.
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 8:28 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"mommy, why are these wretched men in blue winning?"
by OakA'sHoney on Oct 20, 2009 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're the umps. Oh, why, not who. Um, because they're making all the calls in the field.
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those two weird Swisher calls seem like they happened yesterday, now
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did he get hurt in his last at bat?
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what she gets
for being a slegnA fan.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes....As I was driving home - I was thinking about how wierd it is to be watching with no fan investment.
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I blame her parents for being Angels fans
Presumably. I was asleep at the time.
Last of the Ninth - Photography
by Flashfire on Oct 21, 2009 7:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's go Frenchie!
Make it good, kid!
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow - some huge (I mean GIGANTIC) airplane just flew past my house on its way to Moffet Field
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 8:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Just in from late work and dinner at the boss's - wow, 10-1
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
by ak_A on Oct 20, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
seriously? whoa.
(I haven’t checked the score for a while.) Hey, Gaudin’s pitching! Pretty high-pressure situation for good ol’ Chad.
by whiteshoes40 on Oct 20, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wish couldda closed that one.
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Swish... not wish... but whatever IDC
"optimism 1 pessimism 0" ~Dirk
by 149 on Oct 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well that was fun
what a stinker of a game
by sirbed on Oct 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well - I only saw two innings.....but sounds like I didn;t miss much
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There go several hours I'll never get back.
Hopefully a small footnote en route to a second Phillies title.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Quiet Anaheim Stadium of LA makes me smile
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Where's your Rally Monkey now, Moses?
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's so panther
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
by Englishmajor on Oct 20, 2009 8:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
unlike my formative years on AN, I can honestly say
that I believe I have not viewed Halos Haven or Heaven or whatever is ever this year…..may do so shortly just for the heck of it.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
by ak_A on Oct 20, 2009 8:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
well, was just there perusing it.....
one thing, it seems less overtly crude-nasty than it used to be.
Headline has something to do with the umpiring yankee bias.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
by ak_A on Oct 20, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure. But 11 runs worth?
CuttheMullet, from "The Thread":
"Whenever I’m about to do something, I think "would an idiot do that?" and if they would, I do not do that thing."
by DMOAS on Oct 20, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's hope the Angels decide that it's time to rebuild and trade everyone away
They can keep Mathis, mind
by bobnothing on Oct 20, 2009 8:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a man whose name should be attempted by those who lisp.
There is no "i" in Teamocil. At least not where you'd think.
by GreenNGoldSooner on Oct 20, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just saw this over at SB Nation
Yes, from the "if it was anyone else, this would probably be satire" file comes the latest from Manny Ramirez, who didn’t watch the Phillies’ ninth-inning comeback Monday night. Why? He was showering up.
Aren’t you supposed to WANT to root your team on? Aren’t you spozed to support your teammates?? Typical Manny…..what a jerk.
"The trouble with baseball is that it is not played the year round." Gaylord Perry
by BERRYJO on Oct 20, 2009 8:48 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Manny being Manny - GAG
The worst thing was reading how Torre was defending him.
Hey Al, just go away, baby.
by doctorK on Oct 20, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tonight was a good night
Member of the AN community since January 2005.
by baseballnut020 on Oct 20, 2009 9:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
damn
Reading Halos Heaven you’d think that the Slegs lost 2-1 or 3-1, REv has it that the umpires handed every call to the Yanks and that’s why the LAAAAAA lost… whatta sore loserino, wow. I’m like, wait a minute, your starter got thwacked like a pinata and CC was lights out and you lost 10-1, no umps-as-decoders there if you ask me, and I didn’t even see/hear this game.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Oct 20, 2009 11:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I meant deciders, not decoders
but you get the idea.
Hey, I just bought the team from Lew Wolff... who wants to play third?
by emperor nobody on Oct 20, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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