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Quote from: R-V on May 26, 2010, 09:20:39 AM
Len informed me last night that Starlin has reached base every game since he's been called up. The two games that he went hitless/walkless he reached on errors by Furcal and our old bud RonCe.

Look, you're not focused on the real story here. He makes too many errors. He is KILLING this team. They're an abysmal 9-8 since they called him up. Take him and that piece of shit Soriano and fire them into oblivion.

Nor did you consider that he's given them 17 games of clogging the bases.

Holy dicks, has it been 17 games already?  Baseball Reference says 16, but still.  I haven't been doing a whole lot of Cub watching other than watching the videos on my MLB app, so I checked out Starlin's lines so far.  Go Starlin:

.350/.405/.500/.909/133, a double and a triple and two dongs.

He's made five errors, but three in one game, right?  Not that errors are good to judge fielding, but whatevs.  I'm very impressed with his discipline at the plate.  6/6 K/BB ratio isn't bad at all for a 20 year old, right?  I know it's been just 66 PAs, but the bonar...it grows.

And just for poops and giggles, TyCo is .313/.370/.609/.979/147, 4 dongs, 5 doubles and a trey.  DOUBLE PROSPECT BONARS.

Does it give you as big a headache as it gives me when you look at statistics?

Why would you get a headache when IAN looks at statistics?

Because then IAN talks about statistics?

Yeah.  I thought it was pretty clear.

Seriously, what's wrong with those statistics?  Other than the fact that they're a small sample size, they're good, right?  Other than minor league numbers, that's all I've got to go on for them.

There's nothing wrong with them.  I'm just busting your balls.

And... scene.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/joe_posnanski/05/25/super.bowl.ny/index.html

QuoteBasically here is the thing I haven't liked: Pro football, for the most part, has lost the weather. And that's terrible. I'm not saying football is a cold-weather sport ... I'm saying it's an all-weather sport. And they have more or less legislated snow and rain and ice and mud out of the game. Oh, it's still there in places -- in Green Bay and Chicago and Boston and Kansas City and so on -- but these days it's not just possible but quite likely that at least one team will make it to the Super Bowl without facing the weather at all. Last year, Indianapolis and New Orleans made it to the Super Bowl without playing outdoors once in the playoffs ... and then they played the game itself in a Miami suburb.

A year earlier, Arizona made it to the Super Bowl in a playoff run that included one outdoor game -- in Charlotte.

There have been dome teams in four of the last five Super Bowls, and while I have no qualms with domes, it sure would be nice to see those teams tested at least once outdoors, in the snow, in the mud, in whatever weather happens to come up.

This is because I think weather is a big part of football. Not just cold weather. Hot weather too. Muggy weather. Windy weather. All weather. To me, weather is one of the main things that separates it from our other major sports. Hockey and basketball are indoors, in controlled environments. Baseball is not built for extreme weather, and when it gets played in the snow, it feels like a farce. The strange thing is that baseball games are being played later and later in the year, bringing in more and more inclement weather. That's the screwy way of our sports world. While baseball is being played more in the snow, football is being played less.

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... From a sporting side, I've always thought that a cold-weather Super Bowl now and again makes a lot of sense. You have to love Bill Cowher's classic line: "Yeah, I'd like 75 degrees and sunny all the time, too, but that's not football." It's not. Football, like life, has sunny days, but also involves storms and mud and times when you can't stop shivering. Football, like life, involves unfair bounces and sudden bursts of wind and trying to catch wobbly passes with frostbitten fingers. Football, like life, brings out those days when you look out your window and wish you could just stay in bed. Football is 34-27. It's also 7-6.

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You might remember that for a long, long time no dome team had ever won a Super Bowl -- the Rams were the first in 1999, and since then the Colts (2006) and Saints (last year) have followed. Anyway, no dome team won for a long time and I remember asking Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt why that was. And he said: "Because sooner or later, you have to come out and play." I've always loved that line, but lately it hasn't really been accurate. In the last few years, you could win a Super Bowl without ever really facing the elements. That's a part of life now, a part of the game, and I get that. There are more domes now than ever. There are more warm-weather cities now than ever. Pro football has created its own bit of global warming.

And that's fine. But it's great that at least for one year, yes, if you want to be the best team in the NFL, you will have to come out and play.

That.

Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on May 27, 2010, 01:51:58 PM
These kids...they're young kids.  So, them being young and kiddish is why we are earfucking them this year.

Kurt just got a boner in his jean shorts.

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Quote from: Fork on May 27, 2010, 11:57:49 AM

Fuck it, if you've got a guy who would rather be thrown into the fire than start, that's something that can't be taught.

Seriously, guys like Eck and Smoltz who transitioned perfectly from starting to the pen were totally gutless until they weren't.

The Cubs' usual group of relievers have raisins in their nut sack. It might not even be rare in environs other than the North Side of Chicago. But it's rare here.

This statement makes absolutely no sense.  The "usual group of relievers" might be a bunch of talentless sucks, but most of them are/were at least dumb enough to be fearless.  Remember Farnsworth?

I blame every catcher Farnsworth ever had for not putting a sniper on the roof of Wrigley Field with orders to shoot ti kill whenever Farnsworth got the bright idea in his head of throwing a slider.

That's something that can't be taught.

The hell it can't.

"One shot, one kill."

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Quote from: Fork on May 27, 2010, 11:57:49 AM

Fuck it, if you've got a guy who would rather be thrown into the fire than start, that's something that can't be taught.

Seriously, guys like Eck and Smoltz who transitioned perfectly from starting to the pen were totally gutless until they weren't.

The Cubs' usual group of relievers have raisins in their nut sack. It might not even be rare in environs other than the North Side of Chicago. But it's rare here.

This statement makes absolutely no sense.  The "usual group of relievers" might be a bunch of talentless sucks, but most of them are/were at least dumb enough to be fearless.  Remember Farnsworth?

I blame every catcher Farnsworth ever had for not putting a sniper on the roof of Wrigley Field with orders to shoot ti kill whenever Farnsworth got the bright idea in his head of throwing a slider.

That's something that can't be taught.

http://www.americaspeakingout.com/questions/4150/build-a-ten-story-golden-statue-in-honor-of-departed-heavy-metal-singer-ronnie-james-dio-this-will-create-a-great-deal

QuoteBuild a ten-story golden statue in honor of departed heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio. This will create a great deal of jobs.

ronnie-james-dio  , dio  , job-creation  , gold-standard  , please-the-metal-gods  , holy-diver  , jump-on-the-tiger

QuoteRonnie James Dio is dead? That is unconstitutional!

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http://deadspin.com/5545252/basebrawl-season-is-in-full-swing

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The Griffey White Sox jersey proves this guy's life is full of poor decisions.

• The guy in the Griffey jersey landed some really good punches on Hurley.
• Nice security response.
• The vendor's reaction was awesome when he sneaked away.

No fucking kidding'd.

You know, say what you will about fans at Wrigley. I've seen plenty of drunken idiot fights in 30 years of attending home games there. But I can't recall a situation where that many people were throwing haymakers at one another (without regard to bystanders), with nary a security guard or cop showing up for a full two-plus minutes.

It's this goddamn American drinking culture.

I blame the Krauts and Bohunks.

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Quote from: PenPho on May 26, 2010, 11:40:27 AM
This has been making the circuit, so figure some have already seen it.

100 Unanswered questions from Lost.

Fairly amusing.

Good stuff. If that guy would just spend 10 or 12 hours visiting these links almost all of his questions would be answered.

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Mysterious

Or he could just go here and see if the answers wanted were ever answered.  Most likely not.

I like RV's link better because it focuses on stuff that's actually consequential.

As opposed to "What happened during The Tampa Job?" or "What happened to Mikhail's eye?"

(Which, of course, are the very questions keeping Chuck up at night.)

The pregnancy one is pretty big.

Who said it wasn't?

(And why am I even bothering?)

OK, I'll take the bait and piss off Pen by posting yet another message on the internet.

Before the Incident, everything was fine. As evidenced by the birth of Ethan.

The Incident caused some crazy electromagnetic/radiation stuff that messed with fetuses. So no babies. Ben brought Juliet to try to solve it, but she couldn't. So the Others stole some kids from the tail section to try to repopulate.

Claire didn't get pregnant on the Island, so she was fine. Sun got pregnant on the Island, but gave birth off it, so she was fine. I think that about covers it.

Turn off the lights and shut her down.

But wait!

How did the real Henry Gale die?

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Quote from: PenPho on May 26, 2010, 11:40:27 AM
This has been making the circuit, so figure some have already seen it.

100 Unanswered questions from Lost.

Fairly amusing.

Good stuff. If that guy would just spend 10 or 12 hours visiting these links almost all of his questions would be answered.

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Mysterious

Or he could just go here and see if the answers wanted were ever answered.  Most likely not.

I like RV's link better because it focuses on stuff that's actually consequential.

As opposed to "What happened during The Tampa Job?" or "What happened to Mikhail's eye?"

(Which, of course, are the very questions keeping Chuck up at night.)

The pregnancy one is pretty big.

Who said it wasn't?

(And why am I even bothering?)

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on May 26, 2010, 01:25:57 PM

Quote from: R-V on May 26, 2010, 01:10:32 PM

Quote from: PenPho on May 26, 2010, 11:40:27 AM
This has been making the circuit, so figure some have already seen it.

100 Unanswered questions from Lost.

Fairly amusing.

Good stuff. If that guy would just spend 10 or 12 hours visiting these links almost all of his questions would be answered.

http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Mysterious

Or he could just go here and see if the answers wanted were ever answered.  Most likely not.

I like RV's link better because it focuses on stuff that's actually consequential.

As opposed to "What happened during The Tampa Job?" or "What happened to Mikhail's eye?"

(Which, of course, are the very questions keeping Chuck up at night.)

Intrepid Reader: Huey

Smile—You're On CanDEAD Camera!

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Quote from: MAD on May 24, 2010, 04:20:37 PM
I'm certain this will just me appear like an unrefined douche, but y'all are damn fools for spending that kinda money on a 12 ounce beer.  There.  I said it.

At 18%, it's more like 5 beers.

That.

5 beers may be an exaggeration, but according to this, I'd still be over the legal limit after nearly two hours with a single 12 oz bottle of this stuff*, let alone the Foster's-sized can Huey says it should come in.

*Fatties' mileage may vary.

10 bucks for 5 beers seems like a lot to me, too.

But, I am just an unrefined Bolshevik.

That's just $2.00 a beer, hoss.  That's happy hour pricing, right there.

TDubbs has never paid less than $4.50 for a Miller Light.

Just pointing out that it's a recurring joke.

Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on May 25, 2010, 08:57:47 AM
"Whenever Ron has had sex, he comes to work the next day dressed like Tiger Woods."  Awesome.

http://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/shows/parks-and-recreation/episodes/ron-and-tammy/

QuoteTom: When Tiger Woods feels invincible he wears a red shirt and black pants. Ron wears the same thing after he's had sex.

Quote from: Slaky on May 25, 2010, 12:27:22 AM
Finally watched it - thought it was great. I got a Vanilla Sky vibe from it. It's by no means the same but the flash-sideways just reminded me of Life Extension.

Uh... it's like... did anyone see the movie "Vanilla Sky"?

No.

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Yes. I mean—um, I mean, no.