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Quote from: flannj on May 23, 2017, 12:56:59 AM

Quote from: CT III on May 22, 2017, 09:53:55 PM

Quote from: flannj on May 22, 2017, 01:02:05 AM
Really? Nobody is watching this season?

I was going to repeat one of the funnier lines but after that ending it probably wouldn't be appropriate.

I'm watching flannj but still haven't watched last week's episode.

Gloria Burgle can get it.

Yes she can.
How did you like the Peter and the Wolf theme?

The rest of you morans get with the program.

Spent the last two days trying to get caught up (nearly there).  Some observations (SPOILERS):

I have seen complaints (mostly in reviews) about the slow burn this season. I'm not sure why. The show has always taken it's time carefully arranging the pieces on the board, only to completely smash it up it the last several episodes.  If that means a side trip to LA that leads to almost nothing or graphically learning that Varga is a bulimic, I'm cool with it, especially because the show has always delivered when its time for the shit to hit the fan (it also helps that they bring in a murder's row of character actors to fill out even the seemingly smallest parts).

Two spin-off shows I would watch:

Burgle and Lopez, P.I.  

Swango and Wrench, P.I.

I think we all knew that DJ Qualls would come to a bad end. I didn't hear it said during the episode but his character's name in the credits is "Golem" which is probably the best possible name for an otherwise nondescript henchman on this show.

I can only hope that when my time comes I will get to drink a tiny glass of sherry in a bowling alley bar with Ray Wise after he gives me a kitten.

What does anybody think of Yuri's fate? Is he dead, or just traumatized and missing?

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on June 01, 2017, 03:48:15 PM

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on June 01, 2017, 09:38:31 AM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on June 01, 2017, 09:15:53 AM
Mr. Met.

Meanwhile, we can't even get Clark the Cub to put on a damn pair of pants.

Mr. Met isn't going anywhere. One particular guy who plays Mr. Met got fired. Stretching the concept of this thread a little far. But what do you expect when one's chosen source is the world's number-one authority on all things Mr. Met: the Chicago Tribune.

I guess I forgot that you're a Mr. Met purist.

I demand accuracy in Mr Met content on the fringe!

The Mr. Met canon is sacrosanct.

Mr. Met can never die.  Only the actors who portray him.

Quote from: SKO on May 30, 2017, 01:52:19 PM
The way I see it is you'd demote him to Iowa if you felt he needed to learn something or if he was blocking someone better. Considering Happ is already cooling off and might need to go back himself there's not a ton of organizational depth in the outfield. If you demote Schwarber you're probably playing Bryant every day in left and Javy at 3rd, but Javy largely looks good because Joe picks his spots and his matchups still. When he plays every day he tends to struggle. You're just robbing from Peter to pay Paul.

Shut up Paul, you're a douche.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on May 24, 2017, 03:19:41 PM

Quote from: CBStew on May 24, 2017, 02:45:32 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on May 24, 2017, 01:30:51 PM
I'd add this guy, if it weren't so fucking hilarious.

You know that he deserves his very own thread.

Why? CT's already got a dream journal devoted to him.

If I click on that link and don't see Joe Kmak's smiling face you can fuck right off.

Quote from: flannj on May 22, 2017, 01:02:05 AM
Really? Nobody is watching this season?

I was going to repeat one of the funnier lines but after that ending it probably wouldn't be appropriate.

I'm watching flannj but still haven't watched last week's episode.

Gloria Burgle can get it.

Quote from: Bort on April 26, 2017, 07:17:06 AM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on April 25, 2017, 11:46:53 PM
Congratulations to Chris on his career-defining moment.

As long as he's Sam Fulding somewhere else.

I always thought of him as a less likable Jeromy Burnitz.

Quote from: SKO on April 06, 2017, 03:31:20 PM

Quote from: CBStew on April 06, 2017, 02:54:25 PM

Quote from: flannj on April 06, 2017, 01:17:33 PM

I just spin the rotary dial really fast.

I have one of those phones that looks like a candlestick holder for the mouthpiece and a handle on the side to hold the earpiece.  Every so often I grab it and shout into it, "Murphy, stop the presses.  Scrap the front page and have the typesetter set up a new headline..."

I assumed you just refused to adopt a whole new technology after you got so quick with the wireless. Why Stew could fire off a telegram to London faster than the speed of smell

Well, he could until that damned Kaiser had the transatlantic telegraph cable snipped.

Quote from: SKO on April 05, 2017, 08:01:17 AM
Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

And if that Jake doesn't show up every week you'll be sure to let us know!

Quote from: Saul Goodman on March 26, 2017, 01:35:37 PM

Quote from: Brownie on March 26, 2017, 01:31:16 PM
I am in this Fantasy Baseball League that a college friend got me involved in. There are 14 people across the country in it, and it's pretty competitive. Anyway, they draft was today, but earlier this week we did a "drip draft." After everyone designated their up to 7 keepers, those with fewer than seven started drafting until they each had seven players. It happened quickly so we decided to keep dripping, that is, let players select their players in advance of the draft, just to keep things moving. You'd have unlimited time with the drip draft, so my first non-keeper pick came up, and I saw that Willson Contreras was available. After looking at my needs and what was available, I started contemplating drafting Willson. Unfortunately, I didn't make my pick right away. I got tied up at work, so a couple of hours later I went in to make my pick -- in haste -- and drafted another W.C. who caught for the Cubs: Beef Welington. Somone picked up Contreras four picks later.I didn't notice it until the end of the draft today.

To add insult to injury, Yadier Molina is now my first-string catcher.

So you're the fantasy equivalent of Hawk Harrelson's storied stint as GM.

Not until he plays Yadi in LF.

Quote from: Brownie on February 24, 2017, 12:34:57 PM
Why does it matter that the Cubs won in 10 innings?

It gives them a goal for this year: win the World Series without going to extra innings in Game 7.

Hell, shoot for the moon and win it in 6 games!

Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 23, 2017, 01:20:46 PM

Quote from: PenFoe on February 23, 2017, 01:08:31 PM


Schwarber, Bryant, Rizzo is a brutal top of the order for opposing pitchers.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Zobrist come up for his first AB in several games this season with the Cubs already up 3-0 with nobody out.

I'd be more surprised if he came up for his first AB and it was 3-0 and there was an out.

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on February 17, 2017, 08:19:49 AM

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Quote from: PenFoe on February 16, 2017, 02:51:24 PM
Chik-Fil-A is fantastic fast food. 

Validated!

Quote from: PenFoe on February 16, 2017, 03:34:42 PM
This, with a side of waffle fries. 

I retract my previous validation.

16 grams of sugar in a salad? That doesn't have any fruit? Just how sugary is that sweet and tangy maple vinaigrette?

Please do not construe this as a defense of PenFoe but Chuckiswrong

"Chopped Broccolini® and kale blend, tossed in a sweet and tangy maple vinaigrette dressing and topped with flavorful dried sour cherries. Served with our roasted nut blend."

Quote from: Tonker on February 16, 2017, 08:23:36 AM
I had Chick-Fil-A last night.  It was the very definition of "meh": not awful, not great.  The nuggets were decent, but the sandwich was no better or worse than any other chicken sandwich I've ever eaten.  I'd say anybody who really likes Chick-Fil-A probably needs to get out more.

God bless you, sir.  These are my feelings exactly, and I do not understand the insane devotion people have to this particular brand of fast food*.



*I will admit the waffle fries are good and a nice change from what you get everywhere else.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 12, 2017, 11:13:41 AM

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 11, 2017, 03:53:43 PM
CONFIRMED: He wanted off the World Series champion due to acute butthurt.

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As Rogers notes, Mills was only designated for assignment when the Royals signed Jason Hammel, whose option the Cubs declined earlier in the offseason. The team's pursuit of starting depth now raises the question of whether the team would have been better off had it simply exercised the option. But Rogers says a key reason the two sides parted ways was that Hammel had a conflicted relationship with manager Joe Maddon, who Hammel felt didn't have appropriate faith in him and who frustrated him by pulling him out of games before he would have liked to depart. Though the option on Hammel's contract was a team option, the Cubs allowed him to decide whether he wanted to leave, and Hammel made the call. Rogers' sources tell him that was due primarily to his relationship with Maddon.

Although the lesson has been learned by me to not @ pro athletes, no matter how much you loathe them (because it's really stupid, guilty as charged etc.). But I feel at least somewhat validated now for having shown my ass for Hammel to PWN.  Somewhat. 

Apparently Joe is supposed to leave him in when he gives up runs, so he can give up some more runs. That Joe Maddon, always trying to win. What a dick.

I like to think the meeting ended with Hammel shouting "FINE, then I'll just go somewhere that they WILL let me continue to pitch past the point of effectiveness!" then stomping out of the room and slamming the door.

Quote from: Saul Goodman on February 06, 2017, 12:31:24 PM
It's all a conspiracy to sell you Legos. Sheep!!!

Just shut up and let me enjoy my superliminal advertising.