http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AvTtrxTjpd54uLCELoeJDQgRvLYF?slug=ap-padres-blanco&prov=ap&type=lgns
I'd like everybody to post their favorite Hank White memory. Mine of course is this: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200808080.shtml
I loved how he drove Michael Barrett to the hospital after his countryman kicked the shit out of Mikey.
How could the Cubs not pay Hank just $250k more than Gabor?
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 10:06:47 PM
How could the Cubs not pay Hank just $250k more than Gabor?
This.
I enjoyed these two days in 2006 when Hank almost single-handedly drove the Cubs to the playoffs at the expense of Milwaukee.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?share=1&n1=blanche01&year=2006&t=b#662:663:sum
I enjoyed the day I suddenly realized Hank had more tattoos than Mike Ness.
Quote from: ChuckD on January 21, 2009, 10:21:50 PM
I enjoyed these two days in 2006 when Hank almost single-handedly drove the Cubs to the playoffs at the expense of Milwaukee.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?share=1&n1=blanche01&year=2006&t=b#662:663:sum
I like that Hank's B-R player ID is blanche01.
Has he been French all this time and I just didn't notice?
Quote from: Tank on January 21, 2009, 10:28:20 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on January 21, 2009, 10:21:50 PM
I enjoyed these two days in 2006 when Hank almost single-handedly drove the Cubs to the playoffs at the expense of Milwaukee.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?share=1&n1=blanche01&year=2006&t=b#662:663:sum
I like that Hank's B-R player ID is blanche01.
Has he been French all this time and I just didn't notice?
And thus the pieces of the BACON LOOP begin to assemble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Devereaux
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jbdiablo/ArthurBea.jpg)
Holy bejebus, Jon. That's some fucking overkill.
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 11:26:16 PM
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
You left out "but graceful."
Nothing special, but I did have a nice box seat for the time that Hank switched his number from Gabor's gay-assed #9 to the number #24 (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200507140.shtml) that he would begin to rule the world with, and this was the first game after the '05 All-Star break, giving me an oh-so brief glimpse of hope that Dusty's collection of complacent ass-grabbers might actually do something.
Vaya con dios, Henry!
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 11:26:16 PM
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
Morph will be jealous anyone was in Jewel but him.
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 05:53:30 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 11:26:16 PM
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
Morph will be jealous anyone was in Jewel but him.
Jewel sucks.
Quote from: Zed on January 22, 2009, 08:07:07 AM
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 05:53:30 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 11:26:16 PM
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
Morph will be jealous anyone was in Jewel but him.
Jewel sucks.
Morph has issues with Jewel dating back to the horrible assrape he suffered while "Who Will Save Your Soul" was playing on the stereo.
To this day, all he has to do is hear Jewel and be begins walking with a gait usually associated with those who have been sodomized by King Kong.
True Story.
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 10:06:47 PM
How could the Cubs not pay Hank just $250k more than Gabor?
Extra money for Peavy.
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 08:21:45 AM
Quote from: Zed on January 22, 2009, 08:07:07 AM
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 05:53:30 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 11:26:16 PM
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
Morph will be jealous anyone was in Jewel but him.
Jewel sucks.
Morph has issues with Jewel dating back to the horrible assrape he suffered while "Who Will Save Your Soul" was playing on the stereo.
To this day, all he has to do is hear Jewel and be begins walking with a gait usually associated with those who have been sodomized by King Kong.
True Story.
I sure hope you get your ShoutBoxing privileges back soon.
Quote from: Zed on January 22, 2009, 08:33:37 AM
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 08:21:45 AM
Quote from: Zed on January 22, 2009, 08:07:07 AM
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 05:53:30 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 11:26:16 PM
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
Morph will be jealous anyone was in Jewel but him.
Jewel sucks.
Morph has issues with Jewel dating back to the horrible assrape he suffered while "Who Will Save Your Soul" was playing on the stereo.
To this day, all he has to do is hear Jewel and be begins walking with a gait usually associated with those who have been sodomized by King Kong.
True Story.
I sure hope you get your ShoutBoxing privileges back soon.
Who would have thought that Tommy Lee is a big Jewel fan..
Quote from: ChuckD on January 21, 2009, 10:34:27 PM
Quote from: Tank on January 21, 2009, 10:28:20 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on January 21, 2009, 10:21:50 PM
I enjoyed these two days in 2006 when Hank almost single-handedly drove the Cubs to the playoffs at the expense of Milwaukee.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?share=1&n1=blanche01&year=2006&t=b#662:663:sum
I like that Hank's B-R player ID is blanche01.
Has he been French all this time and I just didn't notice?
And thus the pieces of the BACON LOOP begin to assemble.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Devereaux
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jbdiablo/ArthurBea.jpg)
Holy bejebus, Jon. That's some fucking overkill.
I like to think it's just enough kill.
Quote from: BH on January 22, 2009, 08:44:54 AM
Quote from: Zed on January 22, 2009, 08:33:37 AM
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 08:21:45 AM
Quote from: Zed on January 22, 2009, 08:07:07 AM
Quote from: Fork on January 22, 2009, 05:53:30 AM
Quote from: Weebs on January 21, 2009, 11:26:16 PM
I enjoyed the day I saw Hank in Jewel. He is an enormous man.
Morph will be jealous anyone was in Jewel but him.
Jewel sucks.
Morph has issues with Jewel dating back to the horrible assrape he suffered while "Who Will Save Your Soul" was playing on the stereo.
To this day, all he has to do is hear Jewel and be begins walking with a gait usually associated with those who have been sodomized by King Kong.
True Story.
I sure hope you get your ShoutBoxing privileges back soon.
Who would have thought that Tommy Lee is a big Jewel fan..
I also hope for you to return to the ShoutBox SOON!
Fuck
http://hankwhitefanclub.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/hank-to-padres-gabor-bako-can-go-straight-to-hell/#more-51
Quote from: Andy on January 22, 2009, 09:19:17 AM
Fuck
http://hankwhitefanclub.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/hank-to-padres-gabor-bako-can-go-straight-to-hell/#more-51
Pimping your own site on someone else's message board? Poor taste.
Quote from: Kermit, B. on January 22, 2009, 10:28:34 AM
Quote from: Andy on January 22, 2009, 09:19:17 AM
Fuck
http://hankwhitefanclub.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/hank-to-padres-gabor-bako-can-go-straight-to-hell/#more-51
Pimping your own site on someone else's message board? Poor taste.
They would never do that on GROTA.
Quote from: Kermit, B. on January 22, 2009, 10:28:34 AM
Quote from: Andy on January 22, 2009, 09:19:17 AM
Fuck
http://hankwhitefanclub.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/hank-to-padres-gabor-bako-can-go-straight-to-hell/#more-51
Pimping your own site on someone else's message board? Poor taste.
That's not my site, but I'm on that site.
Hank White is officially a Met. (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/mets-in-talks-for-henry-blanco.html) Nice choice Jim
Quote from: C-C-Cats on December 03, 2009, 06:29:05 PM
Hank White is officially a Met. (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/mets-in-talks-for-henry-blanco.html) Nice choice Jim
Kenny Williams salivated over the prospect of having Hank White backing up A.J. Eyechart. So, yeah, this is good news.
Quote from: Brownie on December 04, 2009, 08:48:02 AM
Quote from: C-C-Cats on December 03, 2009, 06:29:05 PM
Hank White is officially a Met. (http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/mets-in-talks-for-henry-blanco.html) Nice choice Jim
Kenny Williams salivated over the prospect of having Hank White backing up A.J. Eyechart. So, yeah, this is good news.
Not really. I hate the Mets at least twice as much as Slaky hates to shave.
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
In before Dolan starts publishing eBooks full of Hank White/Luis Valbuena slash fiction.
Quote from: Sterling Archer on November 22, 2014, 12:45:14 PM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
In before Dolan starts publishing eBooks full of Hank White/Luis Valbuena slash fiction.
Viva Hank!
Nearly 6 years dark. (http://hankwhitefanclub.wordpress.com/)
I can still remember sitting in a shitty college apartment, taking bong rips, listening to a bunch of middle school kids call me a faggot in a Halo 2 lobby, and watching the Cubs play the D'backs on a second TV. I happened to quiet a violent coughing fit long enough to overhear Len give an on-air shoutout to the Hank White Fan Club after Hank's second inning dong (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200507290.shtml). Next day I hit the Google machine to see what it was all about.
That was nine and a half years ago. I've wasted a lot of hours since then, and some of those hours were here. But many more hours I've spent here were anything but wasted. You guys are good people and I probably wouldn't know any of you if it weren't for the Hank White Fan Club.
Thanks, Hank. Thanks, Andy. Thanks, Internet.
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Edit: Thanks, Brown Spot Bob.
Quote from: ChuckD on November 22, 2014, 02:55:41 PM
I can still remember sitting in a shitty college apartment, taking bong rips, listening to a bunch of middle school kids call me a faggot in a Halo 2 lobby, and watching the Cubs play the D'backs on a second TV. I happened to quiet a violent coughing fit long enough to overhear Len give an on-air shoutout to the Hank White Fan Club after Hank's second inning dong (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200507290.shtml). Next day I hit the Google machine to see what it was all about.
That was nine and a half years ago. I've wasted a lot of hours since then, and some of those hours were here. But many more hours I've spent here were anything but wasted. You guys are good people and I probably wouldn't know any of you if it weren't for the Hank White Fan Club.
Thanks, Hank. Thanks, Andy. Thanks, Internet.
[/sincerity]
Edit: Thanks, Brown Spot Bob.
Thank god you didn't cough too hard to not hear Len.
I was going to say....not sure which passage of time strikes me the most--that it's been 6 years since the
end of that run or that next Spring it'll have been a decade from when it
began.
Also, going back and reading that stuff is awesome. Funnier than I remember. Something something fine wine. I think Andy has good cause to fire that shit up again.
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Quote from: InternetApex on November 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Then he got that spring break forearm tattoo. Now he's never gonna get hired.
Quote from: InternetApex on November 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Tell that to Raul Ibanez.
Quote from: Oleg on November 24, 2014, 10:23:34 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on November 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Tell that to Raul Ibanez.
The guy who's a finalist for the Rays job?
I don't get this post at all.
Quote from: PenFoe on November 24, 2014, 10:44:42 AM
Quote from: Oleg on November 24, 2014, 10:23:34 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on November 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Tell that to Raul Ibanez.
The guy who's a finalist for the Rays job?
I don't get this post at all.
Is it a meme that Pen always seems eager to not understand things? Because I feel like it should be.
Quote from: Eli on November 24, 2014, 11:04:13 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on November 24, 2014, 10:44:42 AM
Quote from: Oleg on November 24, 2014, 10:23:34 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on November 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Tell that to Raul Ibanez.
The guy who's a finalist for the Rays job?
I don't get this post at all.
Is it a meme that Pen always seems eager to not understand things? Because I feel like it should be.
Now it is.
Quote from: Slaky on November 24, 2014, 11:31:07 AM
Quote from: Eli on November 24, 2014, 11:04:13 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on November 24, 2014, 10:44:42 AM
Quote from: Oleg on November 24, 2014, 10:23:34 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on November 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Tell that to Raul Ibanez.
The guy who's a finalist for the Rays job?
I don't get this post at all.
Is it a meme that Pen always seems eager to not understand things? Because I feel like it should be.
Now it is.
This is all very confusing.
Quote from: PenFoe on November 24, 2014, 11:40:33 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 24, 2014, 11:31:07 AM
Quote from: Eli on November 24, 2014, 11:04:13 AM
Quote from: PenFoe on November 24, 2014, 10:44:42 AM
Quote from: Oleg on November 24, 2014, 10:23:34 AM
Quote from: InternetApex on November 24, 2014, 10:00:46 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 24, 2014, 09:56:40 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 23, 2014, 01:04:55 AM
Quote from: Fork on November 22, 2014, 11:36:17 AM
Bump (http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/11/22/henry-blanco-leaves-diamondbacks-for-cubs-coaching-staff/).
QuoteBlanco... will be Chicago's quality assurance coach.
Looks like we're all set, fellas.
Guess he'll have to sign off on new shit before it migrates into production.
That's like an internship for coaches. They have to do all the bitch work and support that coaching staff while learning on the job. I bet it beats busing around the minors. It may be more a fast-track for Hank than it would be for most, because people have been talking about him as managerial material for quite some time.
Tell that to Raul Ibanez.
The guy who's a finalist for the Rays job?
I don't get this post at all.
Is it a meme that Pen always seems eager to not understand things? Because I feel like it should be.
Now it is.
This is all very confusing.
I'm away from Photoshop at the moment to properly create this, but:
Meme: Achieved
(http://www.lasplash.com/uploads//1/rocky-balboa-1.jpg)
Quote from: Eli on November 24, 2014, 12:03:21 PM
I'm away from Photoshop at the moment to properly create this...
http://imgur.com/memegen
Necrobump. Good job, Hank. Quality was assured this season. Maybe David Ross can stay around as Assistant QA Coach.
Quote from: ChuckD on October 22, 2015, 09:50:20 AM
Necrobump. Good job, Hank. Quality was assured this season. Maybe David Ross can stay around as Assistant QA Coach.
Glad it's not time to say goobye to Hank quite yet.