DLD 5.17.10 - C'mon, get happy
by YonYonson on May 17, 2010 6:52 AM PDT
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Cupcakes got his first win of the season
"I feel like I've thrown the ball well three times and just don't have much to show for it," said Blanton, who missed the first month of the season with a strained muscle in his left side. "The numbers haven't been there, for as well as I feel like I've been throwing."
Jockey rises from Bay Area deli to Preakness win
Terri Terry was dubious about hiring the diminutive teen to cook at her Pleasanton deli.
"I wasn't sure he was tall enough to get the food up onto the counter to serve," said Terry, 47, who owns Chicago's Metropolitan Deli, named after her husband's home town. "He had to stand on milk crates."
Still, she decided to give Garcia a shot as a grill cook.
Bay to Breakers invaded SF streets on Sunday (a couple pics in the gallery NSFW)
via imgs.sfgate.com
Some went as Mark Ellis!
via imgs.sfgate.com
Bacon!
Jamarcus Russell can still play football in Northern California
This season, one UFL team is moving to Sacramento for a 10-game season. A new franchise in Omaha, Neb., also will compete against the other league teams in Hartford, Conn.; Las Vegas; and Orlando, Fla.
The Bay Area's team, the California Redwoods, is now the Sacramento Mountain Lions. They will play home games in California State University, Sacramento, Hornet Stadium starting in September.
On Saturday morning, the team held the second of three open tryouts; the final tryout will be next Sunday in San Mateo.
"You always find some diamonds in the rough," said head coach Dennis Green.
A woman earned her bachelor's degree on Saturday from Mills College... at age 94
via d.yimg.com
Born in Richmond, Calif. in 1915, Soares said she had wanted to attend college right after she graduated from Roosevelt High School in Oakland in 1932, but that was during the Great Depression.
"Unless you had some help, it would have been impossible to go to college," Soares said. "However I never lost the desire to go."
Soares married twice, raised six children and worked as a nurse and event organizer before she retired and decided to return to pursue her dream of obtaining a college education.
She spent six years taking courses at Chabot College in Hayward before earning her associate's degree when she was 85. Then she enrolled at Mills College in 2007.
"We are really amazed and very proud of my mom," said Regina Hungerford, Soares' youngest child. "The biggest thing that we can all learn is that we're never too old."
OK, fine, if this weekend wasn't depressing enough:
Does keeping A's make cents for Oakland?
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Hardball Talk reporting Duke done for season
If he wants to run across the pitcher's mound, tell him to go do laps in the bullpen - pepe
It's so sad.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
well
hardball talk isn’t reporting, Slusser is. Don’t make her hate us.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
by Future Ed on May 17, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Double This.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Harden all over again
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 1:42 PM PDT up reply actions
damn, that sucks
i feel bad for duke. this is the other hip, right? not the one he already had surgery on?
It's YouTube's fifth anniversary
They’ve invited some “guest curators” to present their favorite or most essential YouTube videos. But I think these are better:
Ben and Nate’s masterpiece
MARCO!
Stomper and Banjo Man
My very favorite player after the 20th game win
Billy at AN Day 2006
Movement is a product of that which does not move
Outtakes of Bill King reading promos (NSFW)
Live. Dot. Racing.
And of course, Celebration
It's the fans that make the game fun. -- Rickey Henderson, July 26, 2009.
ghost ride the whip, damn it.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
That Bill King audio is absolutely priceless
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 17, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
So will the rotation be Sheets, MAC and Gio??
And if so, if Anderson’s not ready this week, who fills in other than Mazzaro? Do they stretch Ross out?
Braden say hi
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 17, 2010 8:32 AM PDT up reply actions
funny how fast we forget
Oops— I mean what has he done lately?
OK— So Sheets-Braden-Gio— MAC until Anderson comes back??
by cool coltrane on May 17, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
M(A)C, that is
The whole thing has me flustered. Tired of this team being another endless season of General Hospital
by cool coltrane on May 17, 2010 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions
It was expected when the A's signed Sheets and Duke
that the rotation was going to have some fun with injuries.
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" ~ Mae West
So who's coming back from the dead then?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hopefully Cardenas/Weeks/Taylor/Desme/Duke/Chavez.....
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
E. All of the above.
Desme has an unfair advantage though, I think.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Cos he's got the G-man on his side?
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
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LOL.
I just downloaded a bunch of photos off my camera, including AN Day last year, and there’s a lovely picture of you flipping me/the camera off.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I suppose so.
Cahill’s throwing well enough that losing ONE of Duke/Anderson isn’t necessarily a season killer, but man, we need Brett back soon.
Sigh.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
No hes kinda throwing like shit
look at the K/IP and the K/BB ratio. NOT GOOD. His FIP is worse than it was last year.
Stop repeating this lie
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese
:(
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dude thats a fucking awesome qote QOTM
"Since other people actually read these threads, though, probably best that your particular brand of wrongness not go completely unchallenged." - PT
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
his xFIP is better though
thanks to more ground balls and fewer line drives. If he can keep that up, then there is some source of hope. I don’t think its possible for him to continue having a 20% HR/FB ratio, especially pitching in Oakland (last year he only gave up HR on 13% of fly balls — and that was pretty awful).
yes this is true
but I think that regressing the HR/FB ratio is only valid ot a certain point with pitchers that are new in the MLB. HR/FB is a skill but should generally be regressed to the mean because if you don’t have that skill you don’t last in the bigs because youre serving up three run jacks every start.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
ok, but isn't there some correlation
between good groundball rates and low HR/FB? Or do those pitchers just have lower HR/9, because they don’t allow many fly balls?
Are there examples of pitchers who get mostly groundballs, but then get absolutely clobbered on the few fly balls that they allow? That seems to be where Cahill is at so far this season (really small sample, of course).
My hope is that his improved groundball rate is for real and his crazy home run rate is a fluke. Some support is provided for this idea by the fact that his groundballs are a sample size of 42, while his home runs are a sample of just 5 (out of 25 fly balls).
I just went to fangraphs
and looked up the career leaders for highest HR/FB, with at least 1000 IP. It only goes back to 2002, since it requires batted ball statistics.
Anyway, it turns out that there is plenty of precedent for groundball pitchers to have a high percentage of fly balls turning into HR.
Ranked by HR/FB, we have:
2. Brandon Webb — HR/FB% = 13.2, GB% = 64.2
4. Derek Lowe — HR/FB% = 12.8, GB% = 63.2
6. Jake Westbrook — HR/FB % = 12.3, GB% = 59.5
So there goes my hope that Cahill will start keeping the ball in the park. On the plus side, it is still basically impossible that his rate will stay at 20%. The highest of anyone with 1000 IP is Brett Myers, at 15.4%.
Its not impossible
what your stat is saying is that the only pitchers allowed to pitch that many innings have had better HR/FB rates.
If you let me pitch 1000 innings than it would be way higher than 20%.
ML teams don’t let pitchers as bad as Cahill at serving up dingers pitch that many innings because they suck, not because its impossible to throw that many innings and get hit that hard.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
that's an interesting point
(that dan made right after you)
I think it’s often overlooked that career Major Leaguers are a significantly biased sample compared to the much larger set of everyone who plays at all in the Majors.
But don’t you think that averaging Cahill’s two seasons (2009 and 2010 so far), weighted by the number of innings pitched, should give us a better idea of his HR prevention, rather than just considering his 22.2 innings from 2010? That would put his HR/FB just under 14%, without any need for regressing to the Major League mean. He’ll still be one of the worst in baseball by that measure, but at least he lies within the distribution.
Well, to be fair,
It’s basically impossible that his HR/FB rate will stay at 20%, because he won’t get a chance to log 1000 IP if it stays that high.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Choice quote from Trib article
“The psychology of the cities is closely aligned with its sports franchise,” said Boxer, whose first A’s game was a 1972 World Series contest. “It’s a source of pride for a city. No matter how bad times get, you can always go to a Major League Baseball game.”
So much for that last line.
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
Awesome quote, CM
If and when we leave it will be a dark day in Oakland for sure
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions
where's mine?!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
drats!
foiled again!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions
I thought you were coming out here at some point
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
Where's mine?
What are we talking about again?
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
I don't like that poll. They don't have the position I most played, in Little League Baseball
Left Out.
or my position, either
Long Relief
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I liked rover, myself.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
YOn, I still have your bobblehead, we need to copare if we will be at the ball park at the same time this week.
"We get two outs, and I was sure, and I had a plan, and I shook Tek off," Schilling said. "And I get a big 'What if?' for the rest of my life."
by Imaseasonticketholder on May 17, 2010 10:49 AM PDT reply actions
Which bobble? The Bill King one?
I wish I could have gotten one.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Wow... thanks!
I won’t be in the Bay Area this week and I’m not sure when I’m going to my next game. Possibly sometime later this month.
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
You want me to mail it to you or just keep it until you come to town?
"We get two outs, and I was sure, and I had a plan, and I shook Tek off," Schilling said. "And I get a big 'What if?' for the rest of my life."
by Imaseasonticketholder on May 17, 2010 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
For those of you who missed it yesterday in the recap...
We’ve got a new Crazy Caps Dude here, and he left a doozie of a stinker of a comment.
Danmerqury and I turned it into a song, which will autoplay if you click the below link.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 10:52 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
It's like the best thing ever.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Only cos you're name dropped. =P
He is right about the shoes though.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Nah. That's not why.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
It's the best thing ever, even without name dropping pam.
(But it sure doesn’t hurt. And he is right about the shoes.)
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I would love nothing more than to pile on the shoes
but, who among us doesn’t have black cleats? Last time I bout them I looked and did not find. so I went with black. I likely won’t buy new ones for another 5 years so I am stuck with black.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
THANK YOU.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
This is incorrect.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Do you have a fashion index named after you?
Didn’t think so.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Do you?
last I heard that name wasn’t approved and new ones are being thought of
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last I heard, Paul Lukas at UniWatch
had somebody compiling this information for the A’s (and the other 29 MLB teams) already.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Uni Watch.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
So, you're the one compiling for PL?
Which would mean the P/WS index IS the official spreadsheet, therefore the P/WS Index would retain said title by default.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sworn to secrecy really.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
As you should be.
However, I will say that you need to get something out of him in return, like maybe a marinade recipe or three :)
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
That's it!
After you keep tabs on the uniform stuff for a month or two, let Paul Lukas know. He’d love it.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I always had a special purpose.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
by pam5981 on May 17, 2010 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Purpose.
It’s that little flame
That lights a fire
Under your ass.
Purpose.
It keeps you going strong
Like a car with a full
Tank of gas.
by LoneStranger on May 17, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I love Super Mendoza Brothers!
Especially the part where you kick the inflatable chihuahua.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Mendoza Party
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase Mendoza Line
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 17, 2010 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions
But neither Future nor Past Ed does.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Daniel -
did you hear: It’s gonna be Cotroneo and Bitker in the radio booth together for the next two days. BITKER.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh no... I mean sh*tf*ck! Oh holy crapcakes, Batman!
We were never supposed to let those two MEET, let alone share a booth.
Now, unfortunately, I’m afraid, the whole world is going to explode at the end of tonight’s pregame show.
The streams are going to be crossed, and there will be no turning back!
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Remember how crossing the streams ended up being a good thing?
by LoneStranger on May 17, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, but how the hell are we gonna think about the Stay-Puft marshmallow man
with a cacophony of Cotron-o-Bitker clogging our earholes?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
no, we're done playing Anaheim.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Can the Stay-Puft man hit?
We could use some power.
by LoneStranger on May 17, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
crap-ola
KK needs to do staycations
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Let him broadcast the game from his house from the TV feed, even.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Are you serious?!
Ugh. Thankfully, they’re both night games on CSNCA, so I won’t be forced to endure both Vince and…BITKER.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I don't get TV
this makes me sad.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
by Future Ed on May 17, 2010 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't understand TV either.
It makes me think less of humans.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions
oooo, metaphysical G_S.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:01 PM PDT up reply actions
seriously?
Good god. I think if I don’t listen, I will have a better idea of what is going on.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
You're gonna think every pop fly hit is a homerun.
And then it’s gonna fall over Eric Patterson’s head.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm so sick of hearing a description of the ball's flight and path
BEFORE hearing that it was foul out of play. “RIPPED to right, a HIGH fly, falling…foul, out of play” is NOT an acceptable call, Vince.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
no kidding
the perfect game was terrifying. I thought it was over several times.
There was a groundball to rosales in the 7th that vice made it sound like it would take a miracle to get the runner. But when I saw the replay it just looked like a good, but not great play that even patterson could have made.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
I'm so glad I didn't have to listen to that.
I wish Ken could call the whole game.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Ken actually did most of it, thankfully.
All of the important parts, too.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Do they have defined inning roles?
I just figured they would switch back and forth every once in a while.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I thought the color of your shoes was fine tho.....
"Are those new tarps? Or did they paint 'em?" Mark Ellis
I'm at work and can't listen to it
But… Barry Zito leaves Mychael Urban a highly entertaining voicemail about unicorns
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
Only Mark Ellis can talk about unicorns.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Ellis needs to defend his turf.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions
Mark Ellis can't talk about unicorns.
He is one.
Unicorns don’t talk about themselves.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I thought Ellis rode unicorns?
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
He can ride himself
Ask me about my squirrel.
There's a joke in there somewhere.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
... TWSS, as she peeled back the elastic waistband.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
I would have gone with "Boy *is* he flexible!"
Ask me about my squirrel.
Except I was referring to Oldham's quote, not yours!
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
WTF do they do if you talk about it, come douse you with sparkles?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a punishment ritual called
“one horn, three holes”
You pick the three.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
ouch.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions
First rule of Unicorns
Don’t talk about Unicorns
by theblackpearl on May 17, 2010 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions
He's insane.
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Powder!
That’s the one Zito likes.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Wait is that for real?
And why call Urb? It sounds more like he was smoking herb.
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I think they're "buds"
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Heh
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions
So Buck's swinging a Fungo bat at 75%, huh?
How does one put a percentage on that? Why not “oh I’m swinging at 56.5%”?
He steps to the left, he steps to the riiiiiiight. That Amos Roberts, he'll make you look shite!
Hey there, let's not go that far.
Obviously, Rotoworld knows Buck’s fungo swing ability down to two digits. Not three.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
xFGO is measured according the following:
- Number of fungos hit / # missed.
- Rate of swing.
- Distance on fungo.
- Multiplier is the number of grumbled mutterings divided by the high pitched yelps of discomfort.
A Ballade [for the Angels Fan], by Eustache Deschamps: "We are cowardly, ill-formed and weak / Aged, envious and evil-spoken. / I see only fools and sots / Truly the end is nigh / All goes ill."
You forgot the rebar term
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Was it a (re)bar or a b(er)at I saw?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
This deserves a repost because it is amazing.
Anthem + Korach’s calls of the PERFECT GAME
Thanks, dan!!
Awesome!!!
Makes me smile every damn time!!
by swishergirl510 on May 17, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
good job.
That just means that I don’t have to do it.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow
Well done Dan.
damn…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 17, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
The Cincinnati Reds will reportedly sign outfielder Felix Perez according to a report; however, the team has not confirmed this. Perez is a Cuban defector.
“We don’t have a deal,” general manager Walt Jocketty told MLB.com. “We’re one of several clubs still talking to him. We’re hoping to get it resolved in the next two or three days. He is a kid we’ve been pursuing for quite a while.”
Perez was set to sign with the Yankees for $3.5 million almost one year ago until he was suspended by Major League Baseball for lying about his age.
The Ultimate Opportunist
by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 11:49 AM PDT reply actions
The whole story is messed up
Yankees thought he was 20 last year, then freaked out when they realized he was older.
Now scouts are saying they have no idea how old he is, I’ve heard some guys who think he’s closer to 30 than 20.
Stay away…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 17, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Duke possibly out for the season with another hip surgery likely....
I guess we really can’t have shiny, nice things… ;(
He should thank Beane and the A’s for giving him a little retirement money….dammit why does Duke have to be my favorite broken toy?
"By the end of the year, I'll have Dallas throwing right-handed'' -Ben Sheets
Holy Crap! I'll go to some Earthquakes games when this happens!
Henry to play for New York Redbulls after World Cup!!!!
I will definitely go see the SJ/NY games.
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
It'll be cool to see him
I didn’t realize til recently he’s not really starting for Barca anymore.
He’s always been one of my favorite footballers to watch, in his heyday he almost played as recklessly as Drogba…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 17, 2010 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, my world is crumbling.
Both Ronaldo and Ronaldinho left off Brazil’s squad for the World Cup. :(
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
I'm hurting to
Ballack out for the World Cup.
So disappointing to me. He embodies German soccer to me and now he won’t get to leave the pitch on his own terms.
But, leave it to Ballack to again show he’s a classy professional:
“There’s naturally a lot of disappointment,” he said. “But that’s football. That happens. Life goes on.”
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 17, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah it's tough to see squads not be full strength.
I really wish Davies were healthy enough to have played. That’s really going to hurt.
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
Would have been nice to see US with a full squad
It just seems to me that the way things are shaping up, very few teams still stand a real chance to win this thing…
AN: Where you will be an A's fan or Dallas Braden will show you the repercussions of your actions.
by stranahanahan on May 17, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd say it's a huge upset if it's not one of the big 4
Spain, Italy, Argentina, or Brazil.
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
Does anyone else do this?
So… in my line of work, I talk to a lot of people on the phone, sometimes never actually meeting them. I imagine what they look like. I’m going to be disappointed if the woman I talked to just now doesn’t look like Pam from The Office.
Or am I just weird?
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
Yes.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
it drives me nuts
talking to people I can’t see.
there are definitely times when its a big disappointment to see someone in person though. But Facebook and Linkedin are great for that sometimes
If he wants to run across the pitcher's mound, tell him to go do laps in the bullpen - pepe
That's what I did with the Woody Show
on Live 105.3 in the mornings. I had all the people pictured in my mind and then I visited their website and saw what they actually look like. It was horrible…
"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin
by Helloooo 1st on May 17, 2010 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's some more B2B bacon.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
That's 9th and Mission...
I used to live just around the corner from there.
"Hi, I'm A's catcher and stolen base machine Landon Powell. You might ask me what I eat to keep up this marvelous physique. Why, friends, of course I eat 'Dannycakes' brand frozen pastry products. See folks, only 'Dannycakes' brand are made with the finest in off-brand bleached white flour, and enriched with two vitamins and minerals. Plus, every box contains a NEAT PRIZE!"
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions
No, I actually did for a month and a half.
I paid the weekly rate and had a private room in a hostel on Minna Street.
Basically, I paid over a thousand a month to live in a decrepit hotel with a bunch of crazy people and addicts. However, it was really tolerable because one of my friends/fellow street musicians from New Orleans was there for the summer and we’d spend mornings on the roof drinking coffee and jamming. When he went home, I left the hostel and moved in with a bunch of crazy lesbians over on 24th & San Jose. Four neurotic lesbians and a guy in a dress. Fun times. Late summer of 2004… playing music at Fisherman’s Wharf for the tourists by day, then getting dolled up and playing on Castro St. at night. I was never out there for long, though. I’d usually get picked up by some bi-curious tourist or tranny-chaser and off into the night I’d go…
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I so could have used you in late summer/early fall 2004.
You would’ve made Chicago and all those horrible people so much better…of course, you wouldn’t have helped with the outside/ostracizing quotient, but I was losing that race anyhow.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
We could've laughed at them, and thrown ice at them and
chased squirrels in the quad. The U of C squirrels have extra fluffy tails, and are noticeably cuter as a result.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Chicago told me not to stay.
I passed through town in 2002, meaning to see a couple of baseball games and then travel on somewhere else. However, I got a job my first day in town as a total fluke at a big-ass novelty store on Clark St.
I tried to find somewhere to live and got rejections from a couple of housing co-ops. The punkers I was staying with were drunk assholes and all the hostels were too expensive. One rainy drunken night after being harassed by ushers at Comiskey and stoking my White Sox hate, I said fuck this town and packed up what little stuff I had and got on a bus to Terre Haute, Indiana and got into a strange relationship with a lesbian girl on the rebound from a long painful relationship. When she was over her rebound boytoy, I left that town too. Although, if she were bi or straight, I could have seen myself marrying her and settling down there. She was a cool person and I loved that town.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
your sig is cracking me up.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Thanks.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Hah!
Didn’t even realize he changed it from the Dannycakes one.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
LB's from Indiana, you know.
But seriously, it would’ve salad days and you could have either convinced me to kill the lot of them or gradually induced me to let it go.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, you got the job done eventually, didn't ya?
Just as you’re going to get the move back to California done, too.
I can tell you’re slacking and there’s going to be a flurry of last-minute activity,
but you know you can’t stay where you are for much longer.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
I know.
I’m all paralyzed by fear. My Mom’s freaking out and trying every possible thing to get me to stay.
I’m coming, though. I have lists made and everything.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
OH NO! The worst kind of slacker
a list making slacker. It’s worse than we suspected.
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I normally don't,
but when you’ve got to give away or sell 90-95% of your possessions…a list helps.
Wait, that total’s high if we include the books. 80%
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
When we last moved my stuff took about 30 minutes to move
Kristen’s took about 6 weeks….traveling light is the only way to fly….
I'm finally getting rid of all my CD's
and after I read a book I give it to the library. All I have now is my sock puppet collection.
I have a few CDs left, but trying to get rid of them all slowly.
Books are the things I can’t part with.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I have around 100 CDs
but thousands of LPs and thousands of 45s.
I couldn’t care less about the CDs. But the records and the jukebox don’t travel well.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
I've got the best of both worlds.
I’ve got a friend who has all his CDs organized on shelving units in a media room. I donated my collection to him, on proviso that I could borrow it back in chunks whenever I needed to.
So, I’ve got all my music and all his music on my computer, and he’s got all his music and all my music in his media library.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah I just put all the stuff I liked on
my big boy CPU not the laptop….I couldn’t believe how many CD’s I had.
On my second-to-last move
I did a little rough calculation and was amused to discover that “I have a ton of books” is very close to literally true.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Repeat after me...
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Heh. The little-death.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
NOT WHAT SHE MEANS, IGLEW!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The Sisterhood had many secrets
they never shared with the menfolk. (Except for the K.H., ’cause he was special.)
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I love you right now.
you are teh awesome.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah. that's true.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a garage in Sacramento you can live in
as a backup backup backup plan.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
will you bring me a bucket of nondescript meat once every other day?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
hmm...
chazbfree gets all the fish heads and roaches.
BlueMoon eats nothing but bleached white flour (raw), so my Dannycakes endorsement contract covers that, plus some.
How about this… I can give you all the coupon codes for the Del Taco down the street and you can borrow a pair of my nylons and go whore yourself out for the cash?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Ooooo, that sounds adventurous!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions
time-wise?
yup.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
i imagine so.
feeling crazy and unloved.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't that picture fantastic though?
I love those costumes.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
And it needs to be wrapped around a scallop.
BACON. WRAPPED. SCALLOPS.
(Actually, we’re on to green curry scallops now, huh)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
(actually, for the scallops
I found out the crappy stuff works best, and yes, it may be time to move on)
I'm dying for more scallops from Bocanova.
I may need to come up with an excuse to go there for dinner this week. YUM>
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
the green curry scallops are so amazing mikey.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Ok, green curry scallops
and bacon-wrapped asparagus.
It’s like they got divorced from each other but found happiness in another relationship. Things are still cool, so they hang out and do dinner every so often.
by LoneStranger on May 17, 2010 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm pretty good at copying recipes from restaurants.
These were really good. I’ll do a test batch before AN day to make sure they’re right.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Hmm. SOMEBODY doesn't like change.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
*drool* bacon wrapped scallops
The A’s totally need to set up a bbq grill somewhere and allow fans to bring their own stuff to grill….I could use some bacon wrapped scallops this week….
There's no crying in baseball!
That's one of my all-time favorite stand up bits.
Not that it’s the funniest, but it’s just so…tasty.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Thank you Bacon, sincerely Water Chestnut the 3rd
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I identify with the pillow comment
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I love this video so much.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
OH MY GOD!
YOU’VE MADE ME SO HAPPY!
[LB dancing around room]
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
a heartless killing machine.
I’m surprised there’s still a Japan left. Has anyone talked to Japan recently?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Not me.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Our email is down at work.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Is that good or bad?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Good. I just need to be entertained.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Then you came to the right place!
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm waiting..................patiently..........
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh. You mean NOW?
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
as you wish
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I knew I shouldn't have clicked on that
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Pam only!
geez! :)
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
People these days.
Can’t follow simple directions!
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
[ahem]
“Ever since Joyce,” he said, “we have been aware of the fact that the greatest adventure of our lives is the absence of adventure. Odysseus fought at Troy, made his way home on a ship he himself piloted, had a mistress on every island—no, such is not the life we live. Homer’s Odyssey now takes place within man. Man has internalized it. The islands, the sea, the sirens seducing us, and Ithaca calling us home—they have all been reduced to voices within us.”
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:35 PM PDT up reply actions
wait
are you saying that your journey back to california is going to be what now?
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
I'll be like...Odysseus/Leopold Bloom
crossing the seas/country in my ship/Honda Civic.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Jennifer is Circe
Don’t let her turn you into a pig.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I love you right now.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions
You love me every day, Bro.
Even the days when your’e calling me out for some opinion of mine that is wrong wrong wrong.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
wait, I thought you called me out, no vice versa.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You're reading it too literally.
Iglew is Leopold Bloom’s doppelganger. They’re not just brothers. Symbolically they are two aspects of the same personality.
Didn’t they teach you anything in college?
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Oh. It's been a while.
I’ve been making signs. It tends to make the brain mush.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions
yes,
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
There's a core group of ten of us here, known as "The Seven"
We’re all part of a hivemind on another plane of reality, and our “identities” here are merely tentacles of said hivemind.
As a super double-secret in-joke, we talk about ourselves in squirrel form.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
we are transcendent.
We are squirrel.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Squirrel is love.
Squirrel is tranquility.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
We are the Borg
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Squirrelborg. C'mon.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions
ask and you shall receive
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
stick?
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Stick.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 5:13 PM PDT up reply actions
hmmm....
could be. Tail’s the right fluffiness…she changes her look so often…that might be a glamor shot.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
don't besot the squirrels with your logic!
there’s plenty of other logic ponds to jump into today.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok fine, it doesn't actually make sense
Because you guys would be the most confused hive-mind in existence. But at the same time you’d be successfully wielding technology that’s far beyond what the human race can currently access.
Oh shit that makes a modicum of sense
I missed the begging of this meme and was very confused.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
begone!
the squirrels will have none of it!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:45 PM PDT up reply actions
cries
:: wonders what I did wrong::
WHY DOESN’T ANYONE LOVE ME1
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions
(but I do love you)
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
i know
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Really, they teach that in college?
Maybe I should have gone more often…
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions
you know, with iglew's inherent hatred for
institutions of higher learning, maybe he would’ve been a good savior at Chicago. Except after they all went away, he’d make fun of me for being there too…
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I was a total fellow-traveler with academics.
I spent much of my 20s hanging around with graduate students at Berkeley.
An alarmingly disproportionate number of my friends are professors. Strangely, none of them seem to disagree with me my rants against academia. Maybe they’re just humoring me.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
No.
I was headed down that path, you know.
It’s full of disillusionment as well. Lies, and games and hoops and…competition rather than joy of learning. It’s sick. Academia.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions
if it weren't for society's hoops,
I’d say you were smarter by a lot.
Maybe private high school. I could do that.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
no private high schools for me either
I went to public schools and a state college and I believe in that form of education.
Once upon a time
somebody noticed that people who went to college are smarter than other people, and he thought, “Hey, maybe if we made everybody go to college, then everybody would be smarter than other people.”
And somebody else noticed that people who had a piece of paper from a college made better employees than people who didn’t, so he thought, “OK, I will prefer to hire people who have the piece of paper.”
So now there’s a market for the piece of paper, and a government determined to make sure that everyone gets it. And neither supply nor demand is connected to what the original purpose of college was.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
by iglew on May 17, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
love this.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
you forgot the overlay of apprenticeship and hazing involved.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
That's actually a really good reason to go to college.
When I was young and all the high school counselors were assuming that of course I would go to college, I kept asking for a good reason, and they kept feeding me stupid bullshit lines about “living up to my potential” or “further my learning”, or sometimes just blank looks like it never occurred to them that anyone wouldn’t.
If someone had pointed out that it’s the most effective way for a young man to surround himself with lots and lots of interesting young women, that actually would have made sense. It’s really my only regret about not going.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
and the idea of delaying work-age workers from entering the market,
as well as saddling them with debt before they even get their first decent paying job…
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm working at my job, I'm so happy.
More boring by the day, but they pay me.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Student debt is like crack.
Worse than crack. And thanks to government subsidies, the lender doesn’t even have to care about whether the education secured by the loan has any financial value. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t.
We’re basically choosing to subsidize every citizen during four of the most potentially productive years of his or her life. The bubble of student loan debt is every bit as toxic as the mortgage loan bubble was. The only question is who is going to bear the cost when it finally collapses, and that’s still an open question.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
The original purpose of college?
I can’t tell if you’re bemoaning that the elite children( and elite children only ) aren’t being taught religious studies anymore, or not.
I think your overall view is a bit too black and white on this though. We’ve went from a society that valued a “College Education” to one with a more nuanced approach. Sure, most everyone can get a college education nowdays, but not all college educations are created equal. The supply and demand still exists, it’s just more gradient than it was before.
I don't know who these 'elite" people
are but I’m guessing they don’t think us non-elite people have an education that is equal to theirs.
Well I was referring more to the historical notion of colleges
Which were for a large part simply theological schools. Given that the commoners couldn’t afford to not be working, it was basically reserved for privileged kids.
Current “elite” institutions are still bastions of the rich, though less so as more of the Ivy League level schools provide significant scholarships.
(puts on Pooh Bear suit, dances)
If you’re bored, you can watch this.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
that is teh awesome.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
by the way, do you still have the Pooh outfits?
I say we go to the game in them.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
I'd like to go with you and G_S when you wear the Pooh outfits
I’ll be wearing khaki shorts and navy blue Polo shirt.
If you shot a video with us, you should wear exactly that.
And then, bust out some death metal lyrics about Wilford Brimley.
HE IS THE GENERAL!
HE’S GOT DIABEETUS!
HE IS PURE EVIL!
HE WILL EAT YOUR FETUS!
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
No
THIS is teh awesome
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions
one of the Good Reverend's shining moments.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
My whole staff is now hooked!
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sorry.
You’re welcome.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I hate you
I love you
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
...
That’s a Dead Milkmen song, not a Pilots song.
Although it is true that the Dead Milkmen are amongst our biggest influences, along with Ween and The Fugs.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Know what, G_S? I like you.
You’re not like other people, here in the trailer park.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
You can't wear sweaters over your shoulders to those shows.
That’s just asking for an ass-kicking.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I once slamdanced at a Circle Jerks show
in a pink button down Oxford. No lie.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
slam dance
now there’s a term i haven’t heard in awhile.
SIG SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SPONSORSHIP. INQUIRE WITHIN.
I was 17, I think, so it's been awhile.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions
it was a statement.
I was intentionally inciting.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah...but you're you.
and sirbed is sirbed.
does not equate.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
the slf of one of my
slf band mates use to wear college sweat shirts to shows. Nobody cared.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
oh yeah, nevermind... mildly maybe vaguely NSFW
watch it later…
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah...I just figured ;)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
LOL
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
That's The Reverend Billy Lard, ladies'n'gen'lmen.
He’d be on AN, except that he doesn’t much care for baseball…
…or for computers, for that matter.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
AN gone wonky
The above comment does not go in the above place.
It goes somewhere else entirely.
Please disregard and go on with your day-to-day life.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
The term around here used to be "wear it"
but then the guy who popularized it started wearing that horrid earring and the phrase fell into disusage.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions
I think we should reclaim the term.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I'm all about term reclamation.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
COSTUME BEAR!
Those things are intolerably hot in the city on Halloween, I cannot imagine what they were like indoors.
Yet kudos
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
We shot that in January 2009.
with the windows open!
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
oh.
bummer.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Execellent statistical anylsis at Lookout Landing
Reflecting on a Santa Rosa baseball fan of yore, this analysis is trenchant and important. Not sure if it was already linked or not..
Pitcher or Fielder at fault?
Joe Bobb Brigs gives it 4 stars
What does this have to do with Eskimo Panty Raid?
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions
And be careful
first google result for Eskimo Panty Raid is not work safe.
I wasn't quick enough.
It will autoplay “Boycott Wolf(f),”
but you can click down to “Eskimo Panty Raid (With Quality Jones)”
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Just play EPR right after. It fits surprisingly well.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
WRONG LINK.
follow OP’s link.
The above link is to the video for “(Get On The Floor With) Quality Jones”
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
The Pilots Dared Me To Die
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
This has been a great DLD so far
G_S is moving around the country living in hostels dating rebounding lesbians….Bloomy thinks his trip to California is like something Homer would have written….and the secret of the Unicorn Club has come to life…..only on AN….I love it
Those days are mostly behind me.
I actually own a house back in Rosemont now, and my sweetie and I are getting married late this summer. (We’re both wearing dresses, we’ve finally decided.)
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I love you
beat you to it Bloomie
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I heart you too.
I called The RBL to tell him that y’all were enjoying his song. He was very pleased.
I told him you were a dentist. You’re a dentist right?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
did you tell him I'm an unemployed bum?! [too enthusiastically]
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh so you actually live in Rosemont then G_S
when we talked about “The Mont” before I didn’t get that you lived there. I’m sure you’ll both look great on the big day.
I didn't want to give it up all the way.
I lived there from 1977-2000 and 2008 to present.
I grew up in the 70’s part and now I live in the 50’s part.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Now there's another part of the neighborhood
Out behind the post office, they built a high school and a gated community full of 2-stories. I don’t call it part of the hood because it’s gated, but other people do. Oh well.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
What part of Rosewood Drive
the part over by the Light Rail or the part closer to the Plaza?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, are you one of the Lawson boys or one of the Smoots?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait a minute.. you're too old to be a Smoot...
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I mean too young to be a Smoot...
She’s still around, you know? The old lady that used to ride her bicycle everywhere…
Her grandkid lives there and she still comes around for family parties.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
neither
Lawson….gosh this was so long ago now….Lawson rings a bell…Smoot not so much but I’m terrible at names
Remember the old man in the cutoff shorts
who would tie his dogs up to a tether in the front yard and was always working on his car or with his woodworking equipment in the garage?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
you mean Dad?.....uh nope I don't
I was so busy as a kid and most of my friends lived on the other side of Rosemont….I had some friends who lived near Capital Christian on that side of Rosemont
That's where I lived.
Did you ever play in the hayforts over on the vacant lot where they built the Senior Apartments?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions
yep....there used to be open fields all over Rosemont
and of course I jumped the fence to play Cordova Golf Course pretty much everyday
Wow...
I jumped the fence to the drainage ditch to hunt crawdads.
You jumped the fence to the golf course. That’s so appropriate.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Alright... one last attempt...
Do you remember the Pfeiffer brothers or Billy Garrett?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions
nope...I'm older than you
and when you’re growing up a few years means a totally different experience I think.
The reason I asked is that they're all 5 years older than I am
But I still hung out with them sometimes anyway. I was the little kid tagging along.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh well.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I can pretend, if you'd like!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions
That's really cute.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
no, but thanks for trying.
My Smoots were hardworking Idaho farm folk who ended up in Sacramento after WWII working in the defense industry.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
That would explain things
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
High
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, but it's either pot or wellbutrin
and I’ve made my choice long ago.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Ethier?
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Ether?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
This is the “Ether” I had in mind.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions
How are you?
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Still doing those pushups?
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I decided to stop at 100.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Don't neglect your situps, young man.
Strong abdominal muscles are the key to avoiding back pain.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I’ll do those tonight.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
melatonin.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Aw, I’m sorry.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
whiskey.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
in the order listed above?
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
in juxtaposition to the list?
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
melatonin
mikev
sex
whiskey
repeat
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
notice mikev is right after melatonin
which leads to whiskey, which leads to repeat
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I'll just follow you
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
We didn’t invite you.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
you're making a huge mistake right now
just so you’re aware.
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bold.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I am not tiny!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I really love where this is going.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
Does any guy really want that adjective used to describe him?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Gotta admire the kid's panache
(which does not mean anything close to what you think it means, mikev)
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige
Stop using $3 words around mikev
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
True. He had to look up "cupholder"
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
+vocab points
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
it could be deleterious to his health
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
he wuvs you, sirbed.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
whiskey.
seconal.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
What’s up?
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Do you read the Monday Morning Quarterback column on SI.com by Peter King?
he has us listed as the worst team in the AFC West….no way!
The A's are the worst team in the AFC West.
I think the Raiders might just be able to win the AL West though, now that Russell isn’t pitching anymore.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Worst owner in the sport?
That can work both ways too!
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe we should work on a "Mt. Davis sucks" song
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions
At least Trevor Cahill can hit his receivers from the pocket
but when that O-Line breaks, he’s sh*tty from the scramble.
I think they need to put Landon Powell in at Left Guard and shore up the line.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
yep...Darren McFadden might do well in CF
and maybe Tom Cable can be the bench coach….he’s could break the jaws of any other coaches who get out of line
I thought Tom Cable was the trainer...
or was that just Larry Davis in a Raiders t-shirt?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
You really can't beat the cornerback tandem of Nnamdi and Rajai.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
I think it's time for some Blue Bottle.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
The Blue Nun, huh?
My sweetie loves to get her hands on those blue bottles. She crushes them and uses the broken glass in her ceramics projects.
You’re probably drinking the Double-Y, though. I don’t know if those bottles are blue all the way through.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
F**k that poser.
My sweetie has purple dreadlocks and she’s crafty and she writes better lyrics than that clown.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions
I like crafty
unappreciated quality
"The guy was tasting himself too long to apologize."~Dallas Braden
by OptimistPrime on May 17, 2010 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
to be fair
I didn’t know we were supposed to take the sisters seriously.
"The ego, the super-ego, and the Ed" - dannycakes
Blue Bottle coffee?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
The Blue Nun is a famous cheap German wine.
The bottles are dark blue, and apparently someone down the street from my buddy drinks it, because he saves the bottles up for her to use in her projects. We break them up into fine pieces and she puts on leather gloves and pushes the glass into her creations. When they get fired, the glass melts and coats the clay and often turns out very pretty.
I know she wants Blue Nun bottles over Skyy bottles for some reason. Maybe the Skyy bottles aren’t blue all the way through. That would be my guess.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Sorry to distract...tonight's lineup:
OaklandAs
#Athletics vs. #Mariners: Pennington SS, Barton 1B, Suzuki C, Kouz. 3B, Sweeney RF, Fox DH, Cust LF, Rosales 2B, Davis CF, Gonzalez P
1m ago via UberTwitter
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Cust is hitting seventh again?
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, really.
Uck ox
Vanna, can I buy a couple of F’s? You mean you only sell vowels? WTF?
(turns over vowel cart)
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions
(hands head in shame)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Oh that's right ....a game tonight and I have the luxury of
real TV with FSN…..but, I tell you, that even though we are at home……I am a bit concerned that more damage may be inflicted on my surrogate A’s ego.
alaska A residing in northern Idaho.
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO LAME?
Gah.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Do you really want an answer?
Humans are lame because if humans weren’t lame, they wouldn’t be able to mine their lameness for awesome artistic creations.
If there weren’t such thing as seedy bum motels, we wouldn’t have Tom Waits.
If there weren’t pollution, we wouldn’t have rain.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Well,
Only if you count things like dust and pollen as “pollution”, which I think most would not. Generally something is considered pollution only if it is created artificially by human activities. There was rain before there were vertebrates, and i wouldn’t say the air was polluted (although it was probably unbreathable to humans).
/end earth scientist rant
Thank you for your contribution.
In that context, I meant pollen as pollution, but I totally forgot about dust.
Plus, it was philosophical rather than sciencey, too, which helps :).
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
That "pollution" has been defined so that
it only includes that which is created by human activity is an interesting reflection on our cultural. It suggests to me that the idea of original sin is a basic human need, and if it is eliminated from religion it must be re-found elsewhere.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Maybe original sin is just an observation as opposed to a need.
has there ever been a time in which humans lived in perfect harmony in nature and didn’t destroy and pollute?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Destruction and pollution is not a function of humanity.
It is a function of any species expanding into a new ecological niche where nature has not yet had sufficient time to bring it back into equilibrium. Most of modern human history falls within such a period.
Perfect harmony with nature is not a specific state that one can strive for. Perfect harmony with nature is whatever state results when all the species in a given ecology have been together long enough to evolve into an equilibrium, whatever that equilibrium turns out to be.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
It may be an interesting philisophical question
In that there were certainly oil/tar seeps that predate humans extraction of petroleum, and volcanic eruptions that vented large amounts of sulfides into the atmosphere, and various other things that would fit a “toxic-to-many-forms-of-life-chemical in soil/water/air” definition of pollution. But it would not occur to me to call it “pollution”. This is certainly biased by my training in earth sciences and my day job in environmental consulting, and I wonder if most people think about it the same way, or if this is just one of multiple/many ways that people informally define pollution to themselves.
by el generico on May 18, 2010 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
what happened?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions
People suck, that's what.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
okay.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
(they're flaky. and unreliable. and inconsistent.)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
kinda like warehouse store pastries?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions
kind of like dannycakes (tm)
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Excuse me?
Warehouse store pastries? Flaky? Unreliable? Inconsisten?
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
you have been using the toilet a lot lately, dan...
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:49 PM PDT up reply actions
That still doesn't explain the Costco dig.
I'm walking out in a force ten gale.
Birds thrown around, bullets for hail.
mostly because their muffins are amazing.
and contain all of the known fat in the universe!
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
they are delicious.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
and a full meal
… if you care not for nutritional value.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, man.
Dannycakes are the best possible pastries available that are made from discount Chinese bleached flour, enriched with two essential vitamins and shredded newspaper dietary fiber.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions
mmmm, you can really taste the dietary fiber in this dannycake!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Can you read it with your tongue?
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
I can taste the news!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:09 PM PDT up reply actions
At least its better than Whorehouse store pasteries.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm sorry.
That sounds like not good and no fun.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Lucky you.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
do you need me to sick the squirrels on someone?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions
yes.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
give me the address.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions
just tell Meg that these people are planning on voting for Poizner
they’ll be dead within 10 minutes
or we could just tie them down and
make them listen to Shaker’s Vodka commercials at full volume til their heads esplode.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:35 PM PDT up reply actions
Pam? Evil or just flaky?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
not evil.
annoying. flaky. rude. etc. etc.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
or better yet just find me some people who are more reliable.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
sirbed's very reliable.
he’s a preppie!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Plus his sweater collection is
well within the the three digit arena.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions
He's a keeper.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
being a reliable person will make you a person of value
people who can’t be counted on are pretty much worthless
by sirbed on May 17, 2010 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree with this.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I agree with this.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Twice, apparently.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
I heard a speaker one time say that
he thought if he loved you, you would love him back. If he showed you respect, you would show him respect back. He said that was totally wrong, that the payoff was infinitely greater.
If I love you, I become a loving person. If I respect you, I become a respectful person.
Everything we do and say is a reflection of our insides.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
try and be a nice person,
because the person you’re really being mean to is you.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's good to have an outlet for the darkness, too.
’cause being fake nice when one is seething inside is no good.
"Dung got to go! Dung got to go! Earth done. Stop gone never never. Boycott Wolf(f)!"- lyrics from "Boycott Wolf(f)" by The Pilots Dared Me To Die! featuring MC Danmerqury, and The Black Shoes Ensemble (Pam5981 conducting)
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 17, 2010 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions
not fake nice.
Respectful and loving and kind and tolerant all make that type of person, which is its own payoff.
Fake nice is my sister-in-law. Poor girl. Looks tiring.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:10 PM PDT up reply actions
I think you just called me a not nice person.
Not sure though.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
lol! not even.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
I know!
We can send iglew to critique their grammar! Hurt them with the sting of embarrassment!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Dude, I don't critique grammar.
My comments on grammar are all out of love for the richness of the language. It’s never about embarrassment.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
but we could use your powers for evil!
Or for punishing those who cross Pam!
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Sigh. Nobody has crossed me.
I’m just frustrated.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
sorry, Pam. We're just trying to make you feel better.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I have a better question:
If a girl tells you explicit that shes not going to be your girl friend before you get into her bed, can she really be upset that you left her bed before she woke up?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:25 PM PDT up reply actions
no.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that change if i want her to be her boyfriend?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
If you want her to be your boyfriend, keep leaving.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 17, 2010 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah it hink i need to stop sleeping over there.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
no, but maybe you should have left a note
“had a good time” — DFA
"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
Athletics Nation - WE'RE ALL GONNA MRIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! - danmerqury
by cuppingmaster on May 17, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Does that mean I have 10 days to trade or release her?
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:31 PM PDT up reply actions
well she texted me when she woke up
she was being coy about leaving so I told her that either she didn’t want me to leave or it didn’t matter. Then she sorta invited me back and I told her that she needed to make a decision to which I she replied " Please DFA please come back to me" at which point I told her to cut that shit out and stop being a patronizing punk. After which she apologized and invited me over again. I went for a bit until a mutual friend came over to take her out for dinner.
Now to be fair we had been drinking since 7 AM until the sleeping started at 4pm because of B2B
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Already did that
The night before our date we were talking and she invited me over at 11:15pm. We were up till 345 AM (pg 13) and both had to work the next day so we didn’t go on the date.
Very cool girl though. Friends with my best friend, first year lawyer, gorgeous (although in the last month like everyone has told me that they hate that word), smart, gives me a ton of shit, and when Im with her I stop over thinking (not so much when Im not).
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:04 PM PDT up reply actions
I know right?
its actually one of the most desirable qualities a woman can have. I have a fairly sizable ego, if a woman can’t push back on that there really isn’t a point. Kinda like girls who I have no desire to cook for. No point.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
I need to learn how to cook.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
its really not that hard
if you want to get laid you need to know how to do two things. 1 dance well and with confidence 2 cook. Its really fairly simple. Which is why I am very good at picking up girls in bars and dating for < 3 months. Beyond that my ability to curry favors with cooking or dancing is dramatically diminished as is my game.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions
three months bores me
Im tired of picking up girls at dance clubs and waiting to get bored.
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions
If you have that part of your life out of your system
then you’re probably ready for something serious.
I like it... its just too easy.
I like being in a relationship.
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
that's a good sign
I think people should date around for awhile when they’re young but everyone gets to that point when they want to share their life with someone.
Also im like 90 inside
i yell at people to get off my lawn, I have a real job, and i go to bed early well except for thursday friday and sat.
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 7:06 PM PDT up reply actions
DFA, you are absolutely a quality young man
and I truly mean that.
But you are not like 90. You’re not even like 35.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
:)
I know im not 90 I just always have felt older than I am. I hang out with older people I date older people. I do meaningful work. I tell the same stories over and over again and I bemoan the way things were. Im starting to feel like my chronological age and the age I think I am are converging but I still feel older inside.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
you're a young iglew.
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 18, 2010 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
There are others on this site
of whom I often think “I was like that when I was your age” (though I try not to say it out loud too often, since I know it’s annoying), but DFA is not one of them.
In most respects I was very unlike DFA when I was his age (and still am), though one thing we did have in common is that I spent most of my time with older people. But I think that’s just a function of being interested in people of all ages and not being restricted to one’s own age group.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
were you like me when you were young?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 18, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Probably not.
But you’re closer to my age. I’m thinking of the 20-something guys here.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
yeah when she was asking our mutual friends about me thats pretty much the first thing they told her.
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:23 PM PDT up reply actions
yes but not three days a week like me
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
But if you really like her,
that won’t be a deal breaker.
Ask her to come dancing, with the promise of steak and eggs after, cooked by you.
ive got Napoleans battle plan
First we show up, and then we see what happens.
Big bonus points for who ever gets the reference
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:38 PM PDT up reply actions
OMG YOU ARE AMAZING
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
This is true.
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 6:45 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah WTF is up with that?
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions
That's totally your choice, Babe
There are lots of guys who would be happy to call you their own.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
I think my plan is to just be me (aka awesome)
and let her work out in her head that she wants to be with me rather than trying to force things or show her that
He's not missing bats and still giving up HRs like they're party favors at Chuck-E-Cheese - mikev
by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions
thanks :-)
but apparently draft posts aren’t the way to a girls heart… who knew?
Oh yeah that would be everyone.
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by designatedforassignment on May 17, 2010 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
they're not?
sock puppets have never successfully defended castles, except when working with squirrels, which would never happen because squirrels know better than to trust sock puppets. -nm
by Leopold Bloom on May 18, 2010 7:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Christian had no chance!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 6:35 PM PDT up reply actions
The open thread is up!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 6:42 PM PDT reply actions
It’s on the front page!
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by Rated-R Superstar on May 17, 2010 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Does anybody know
There’ s a ticket promo for tonight – $19 for lower box tix – but do I have to purchase them online or can I walk up?
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
you can walk up.
then walk back.
yeah.
(OK i dunno)
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The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
Yeah, actually it does
make your ass look big.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
That's a great story.
The funny thing about baseball is that people will believe what they want to believe. -Joe Posnanski 8/29/09
My sister graduated from Mills College
and now she works in the IT department. She told me about the 94 year old graduate and then i saw it on the front page of yahoo!
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