Gameday Thread, #152: 9/18 vs. Giants
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 8:00 PM EDT
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San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks, Sep 18, 2008 9:40 PM EDT
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First off, at time of writing, I don't know if Cox has fixed the cable at home yet. It's probably best to assume not - so unless I pop up in the comments tonight, if someone can take care of the recap again, it'd be appreciated. Everything is scheduled to be repaired, but knowing what home service is like, I am not holding my breath they will show up in the window promised by Cox, never mind fixing the issue. [Late update: the word is that the tech has arrived and solved the problem - a bad external cable - so that's a step forward. However, I'm not promising anything till I get home and can verify it's all good!]
Also, you may have noticed a new button at the bottom of some posts - 'Buzz Up'. If those of you with Yahoo! account [which would include fantasy league players] could take a second to click on these buttons when you see them, that'll help promote the story, and hence the site. Your co-operation in this matter is appreciated. ;-)
A good win last night, showing some fortitude in coming back from a three-run deficit, with Webb shutting it down and two - count 'em, two - hits with runners in scoring position. Admitedly, one was by Webb, and we're still only 4-for-51 with RISP on this homestand, but we will take it and move on. We need another victory, thanks to the Dodgers squeaking past the Pirates in 12, but Timcecum is 2-0 with a 2.38 ERA against the Diamondbacks this year. Among those with more than three PAs, CoJack is the only one to be having any success, being 5-for-14 with three double. Mark Reynolds is 2-for-7 and has a couple of walks too.
Johnson has been stuck with four no-decisions in a row, despite three quality starts in those outings. Last time out, he allowed one run over six innings, though the strikeouts were uncharacteristically low, at three. Given the importance of a win tonight, both to keep our momentum going and to help Webb towards a Cy Young, narwhals will continue. What I really want to have a picture of a narwhal...with St. Penelope riding on its back. Ideally, wearing a metal bikini and waving a sword, like some kind of aquatic Valkyrie - but that's probably just me then. Instead, we'll just go with this one.
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Well, if worst comes to worst...
I’m able to pick up tonight’s recap, but I’ve got tomorrow on tap already, so if anybody else wants to pry it from my cold, dead fingers, I won’t put up much of a fight.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have some work to finish this evening
but hopefully I’ll be paying attention for most of this one. I am, though, watching the Giants’ broadcast so the information I get from them is skewed and will include lots of Lincecum fawning so I may not get the full story.
I’ll do it before it falls to Azreous, but I won’t complain if somebody else volunteers.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 8:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
lots of Lincecum fawning
Not much difference from the Dbacks broadcast….
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would volunteer
if I
1) were an author
2) had a tv
3) was planning on watching the game (instead, it’s date night. :-D)
Have a good night. Go DBacks.
by emilylovesthedbacks on Sep 18, 2008 8:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cool, have fun!! :)
I’ve got to wait till Saturday for my date, le sigh. I don’t even know the schedule, am I missing the game?
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't look at me
I doubt I’ll see any of the game since I have an essay to finish.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 18, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hello, teh Interwebz!
We are back and in full effect. Well, I haven’t actually checked the cable TV, but the Internet is working very nicely, thank you. So consider yourselves all given the night off recap duty. :-) Thanks for the offers though.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
As you can tell
we were all jumping at the bit.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 18, 2008 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
I want a win tonight, as I have one more Lolnarwhal that I need to post. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome back!
For multiple reasons! ;)
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The tubes
have been restored?
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I Feel Really Stupid
But what’s with the narwhal thing?
Gravity Says: Re-sign Adam Dunn
by Gravity on Sep 18, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jim
has been killed by the Narwhal Liberation Army, and replaced by a Jim-bot that only can post narwhals.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 18, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
at least it's not
the Narwhal Freedom League.
Bob Melvin: Black Denarian in disguise.
by nargel on Sep 18, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Before Tuesdday night's game
I posted a pic of an amusing Narwhal vs. Unicorn playset. We won. On Wednesday i posted a Lolnarwhal. We won – and gained ground on the Dodgers for the first time in almost three weeks.
I have absolutely no intention of bucking this apparent trend. Whatever it takes. Whatever. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also
Narwhals are majestic and take no prisoners.
All true.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And
You can put them together with the bottle-nose dolphin and you have a full cocktail set.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....
are we sure it’s the narwhal? Are we sure it’s not the Giants?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it's the narwhal
Last week, Giants and no narwhal, and we lost.
This week, Giants and narwhal, and we won.
This is true science.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah!
It’s….. like, special relativity, or something.
Who are we to doubt Einstein??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We'd be heathens
that’s what.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
Can we be heathens and agree with Einstein? Because, I’m all with the science, but I hear heathens throw some pretty good parties…
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No,
you’re thinking of Greeks.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure?
I hear those druids really know how to rock.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So do the Norse.
They call it Ragnarok.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boooooo
And yes, we’re actually saying, “boo.”
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No you're not.
You’re saying “PHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL.” It just kinda sounds like booing.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can see where you get those two mixed up
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
they sound a lot alike.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Today’s line up:
S. Drew ss .287
A. Ojeda 3b .249
C. Jackson lf .294
A. Dunn 1b .235
J. Upton rf .255
M. Montero c .259
C. Young cf .245
D. Eckstein 2b .167
R. Johnson p .159
Augie at number two and Miggy gets the start and we four LHBs in the line up tonight.
by foulpole on Sep 18, 2008 9:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No Snyder
No 295
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 18, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
just saying
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 18, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does it matter...
…when we’re playing against Lincecum?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those other guys:
R. Winn rf .313
I. Ochoa 2b .204
R. Aurilia 3b .286
B. Molina c .284
P. Sandoval 1b .347
A. Rowand cf .275
E. Velez lf .252
O. Vizquel ss .204
T. Lincecum p .169
by foulpole on Sep 18, 2008 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
and how
many of them are righties? Do the gnats obsess over this as much as you.?
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 18, 2008 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
7
if anyone cares
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 18, 2008 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do the gnats obsess over this as much as you.?
No one does…. ::Kim Jong Il::
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orange-peel beef calls
:-) Back shortly, will be monitoring from the dining-room…
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If we get out of this with just the 1 run
I’ll be satisfied….
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Droooooooooooo
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
by hotclaws on Sep 18, 2008 9:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Three
pretty well hit balls in a row v Lincecum
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Four
pretty well hit balls in a row v Johnson
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Naturally.
Evil Incarnate™ catches Dunn’s flyout and the third out of the inning, on a ball that looked like it might leave.
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 9:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Back from orange-peel beef
People…people…. What happened? I’ll expect better from you next time I slide off – I will finally be getting that haircut tonight! The hairdresser was just saying that Noah Lowry is staying at the hotel where she works during the day, on his rehab assignment – he’s playing in the Giants instructional league here.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 10:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
19 pitches for Lincecum
We keep swinging at things early and popping them up. Haven’t most of the 6 ours been pop-ups?
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 10:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hey atleast your making contact, Lincecum usually just blows away everyone
by AZWILDCATS on Sep 18, 2008 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True
10.27 K/9, second in the majors only to Haren among starters with 100 IP.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Impressively, Johnson is 11th
On the same list. Not bad for an old geezer. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And first
in baseball history, career 10.7K/9IP
Four thousand innings. Not too shabby
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a fan of RJ but still not convinced that he was worth the 2 year $36 mil that we paid for him.
by foulpole on Sep 18, 2008 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
$26 million.
And the Yankees picked up 2 mil of that.
Still a little much, but I don’t think it’s such a bad deal.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Per cots…
2 years/$26M (2007-08)
* signed extension 1/07 as part of trade from NY Yankees to Arizona
* $12M signing bonus ($3.5M in 2007, $0.5M in 2008, $4M each in 2009-10) (no interest)
* 07:$4M, 08:$10M (Yankees to pay $2M of 2007 salary)
* 2 years/$32M (2006-07)
o signed extension 1/05, facilitating trade to Yankees
o 06:$16M, 07:$16M ($1.5M each year deferred at 0% interest)
o $9M in deferred salaries (05-07) to be paid $3.5M each in 2008 & 2009, $2M in 2010
o full no-trade clause
o Arizona remains responsible for $1M personal services contract
o 2005 in performance bonuses remain ($1M Cy Young, $0.15M 2nd, $0.1M 3-5; $0.25M MVP, $0.15M 2nd, $0.1M 3-5; $0.1M WS MVP; $50,000 All Star, Gold Glove, LCS MVP)
What ever it is it’s still way more of a BS waste of money then many of the other contracts that we have had.
by foulpole on Sep 18, 2008 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What ever it is it’s still way more of a BS waste of money then many of the other contracts that we have had.
This is funny, coming from such a huge Eric Byrnes fan.
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shrug
Injury is a risk in all contracts. If he’s simply sucked this year, you’d have more of a point, but 27 starts with an ERA of of four is more than acceptable.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure which "many" you're thinking of.
Shawn Green, Russ Ortiz, Shawn Estes, Troy Glaus, Richie Sexson, Elmer Dessens, Todd Stottlemyre, Armando Reynoso, Bernard Gilkey, Willie Blair…THOSE were wastes of money (to different degrees). I don’t see how Johnson this season exceeds any of those, even if he’s paid more than any of the aforementioned people.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RJ
must be the one old guy that foulpole doesn’t revere.
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUt Eric Byrnes
was worth the 30 million he got, right?
A sure bet for a hall of famer versus and over paid blue collar type players? Hmmm?
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 18, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haren For real? dam i didnt think he was that much of a K pitcher
by AZWILDCATS on Sep 18, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oops
My typo. HarDen. Though Haren is a credible 15th of the 129 qualifying pitchers.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haren?
He leads the NL in K/BB ratio, but Lincecum leads the majors in K/9 (10.27).
(Randy’s 5th in the NL in K/9 and third in K/BB)
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like CoJack is getting to grips with left field.
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
by hotclaws on Sep 18, 2008 10:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's been looking good out there lately
::waits for mrssoco to say he always looks good::
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He always looks good.
I just wish he’d get those eyebrows taken care of…
by emilylovesthedbacks on Sep 18, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
it’s like a Thunderbirds puppet.
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
by hotclaws on Sep 18, 2008 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But then
he wouldn’t be CoJack!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I hate it when guys do stuff to their eyebrows.
by TwinnerA on Sep 18, 2008 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
that’s lame too, but CoJack IS the eyebrows.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and he's doing the job
without having to do the EB “Flipper” routine too! Can there be any doubt who our LFer is next season?
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 18, 2008 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
because Byrnes makes a lot more money and you can’t justifiably pay your franchise player to sit on the bench (unless he’s really bad, like Andruw). I’m not saying it shouldn’t be a debate (or not one), but it will be an issue.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It'll be a hot
topic all winter, that’s for sure.
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 18, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
little ball
yay
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
by hotclaws on Sep 18, 2008 10:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Omar Vizquel
seems to tear us up, too.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Same thing
with Rich Aurilia
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How'd ya like
Scottsdale Steroid’s meaningless dash to third with two outs and Sandoval coming up?
Savvy veteran play
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was in the car when it happened.
And I yelled and pumped my fist while driving down Swan Rd.
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My brother
used to live off Swan. It was a quieter neighborhood then ;-)
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Swan and which cross street?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It was a long time ago
, but it might’ve been Speedway. There was a high school nearby with a nice track.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Could be Speedway.
The “Ugliest Street in America” back in the 1970s. Rincon High is pretty close.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My bro
lived off Speedway in the late 80’s, when it had cleaned itself up sufficiently to be “The Eegees Capital of the World”.
I lived in Tucson myself, around 1983-84, near Country Club and Prince. In October 1983, this was known as The Wettest Intersection in the World .
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 3:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You weren't in Winterhaven, were you?
There’s a very unique steakhouse at Country Club and Prince that apparently used to be a mosque. (Yeah, figure THAT one out. At least it’s not a porkchophouse.) Dunno if it was there when you lived there.
Eegees is awesome, but I believe that technically the Eegees capital of the world is down on Ajo. (I work nearby)
In October 1983, this was known as The Wettest Intersection in the World .
And, you lived right by the river. GOOOD planning.
First time I moved to Tucson was in August of ’92, so I remember #2 on that 20th century list, the January floods in ’93. Pretty impressive, but they were nearly matched by the floods of August ’06.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 4:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dont recall the restaurant
but a small mosque sounds vaguely familiar. We were just north of Winterhaven, where the grid kinda meandered through a mishmash of properties leading to the wash. In ’83, a couple condos across the street, east of Country Club, got undercut and smashed into the Rillito. Tom Brokaw led with that on the national evening news. Made for good television.
We got “rescued” by the Natl Guard, in the middle of the night, after my car floated away.
Good times.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 5:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa......
Ouch. Timcecum hit on the fingers of the left hand.
While fouling off a bunt for strike 3.
Injury to insult?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Timcecum
goes to the clubhouse, looks like.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now I feel bad
for thinking all those nasty things about him. :-(
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lincecum hit by RJ attempting to bunt
I guarantee that’s not what anybody wanted to happen to the kid. :(
He looks okay, though he’s not being given 1B.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 10:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Two excellent points
1. The ball wasnt that far inside and no way Randy wanted to hit him. Tim’s back foot was almost touching the plate when he squared around.
2. He wasnt awarded first, cuz it’s a strike if you square around and fail to withdraw the bat – evn if you get plunked.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grace was also pointing out
that, in that situation, your hand is considered a part of the bat.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not if you withdraw the bat, it’s not. Maybe if you bunt it fair with your knuckles or something, the ball’s in play. I really dont know the ruling on that, but my default position is Grace is probably wrong ;- )
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Timcecum
back in the dugout.
Probably gonna be black and blue tomorrow, though.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Was it his throwing hand or his glove hand?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Glove hand
But he bats left. It hit his pointer and middle finger wrapped around the bat.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Seven hits in five innings off Johnson
But only one run. I think they should pull Lincecum, just to be safe… :-)
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 10:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Apparently...
CoJack has a 10-game hitting streak going.
I had no idea.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 10:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Quietest hitting streak
EVER….
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because he isn't growing a scary mustache
We don’t notice.
Still awesome though. Go Conor.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do
we hit all our doubles with 2 outs tonight??
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would prefer
if we rolled differently.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And
the runs
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alas,
RJ does not continue our “pitchers hitting with RISP” streak.
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 10:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
McCC
has a very amusing graphic for their overflow thread….
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ahahaha
Creepy.. but quite funny.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DROO!!
Yay! A double with NOT 2 outs!!
Josh Byrnes: PLEEEEEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE RE-SIGN ADAM DUNN!!
by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And,
the Droobirds descend.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Naturally,
BoMel calls on Augie to bunt….
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
[insert angry rant here]
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OH.....
ouch….. CoJack nailed HARD.
By Lincecum, no less. OW!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
CoJack
nailed on the left wrist…. trainer out to look, he seems okay.
Does CoJack have a target on him or something??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What batter leads the NL
in HBP per AB?
(Hint: It’s a Dback)
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Quentin?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oy Oy Oy....NL
Augie
10 plunks / 209 AB
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I was jk,
since Q leads the world in HBPs.
I AM surprised that it’s Augie, though. Small target.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Upton
is our last chance.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Howzabout
a wild pitch here to tie the game?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OR A TRIPLE!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2-1!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I AM GOOD LUCK
Turned on the TV to witness CoJack running at me :)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
....and suddenly
you were worried that you might wake up? And then you realized that you weren’t asleep?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I knew it wasn't my dream
CoJack was too clothed.
… what?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's face it.
Even disrobed, Conor’s eyebrows would still cover up a respectable amount of him.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is a rather disturbing image.
(But probably true. ;))
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's somewhat curious
that you’re actually thinking about these things….
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm it's a rather pleasant thought actually.
by TwinnerA on Sep 18, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speak for yourself.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
People who live in Reynold-sexual homes
should not throw stones.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Reynoldsphobe!!
My sexual orientation is NONE of your business.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And,
he wasn’t riding on a white stallion in the middle of a field of daisies?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stallion not necessary, daisies nice addtion.
Have you been sneaking looks in romance novels?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah. I just know these things offhand.
I’m a heartthrob like that.
::turns head, slightly, whipping long dark hair out of his eyes like a black waterfall….::
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jk.
I’d rather have my fingernails torn out than grow long hair.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes,yes,yes
We will meet in Red 3 at the hour of scampering.
by hotclaws on Sep 18, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Holy crap.....
Upton pulled a triple from about 2 inches off the plate…. WAAAY low.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Upton
has a much prettier swing.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Atta boy Upton.
Kid continues to be on fire since being recalled.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You had that standing by
with a space for the name, didn’t you?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He already admitted that...
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah.. well. I blame the amount of meds and the fact that I am too lazy to read ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, no...
That was a different one. Eight outs to get, and you’ll be seeing that one tomorrow… This was rather more impromptu.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Daron keeps insisting
Jup ran three bases in the time it took Conor to run two. But Conor was on first base and scored on the triple. Oh, well.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 11:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey.....
I was told there would be no math?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
It’s rare to see someone outside my family throw out that line.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do what I can.
How do you know I’m not your long lost brother?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
I can’t say for certain. But it seems unlikely.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, I guess you could
You’re only born a month and a half before my sister, so If they lied about your birth date…
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmmm.....
you have a sister, eh??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can RJ
pitch a complete game?? I REALLY want him to get this win, and I do NOT trust ANYONE in our bullpen.
Well, Qualls, kinda. But still.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Probably not.
82 through six. Could certainly sneak another inning or two in though.
Qualls or Cruz. That’s about all I trust right now.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ow.
RJ takes a ball to his right cheekbone.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Humajubawhat?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Errrr.......
not quite sure how to respond to this.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The ones
by the pool, enveloping Brad Steinke. Russ Meyer must have rented the Riviera suite.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, but next time,
could you please be a little more considerate with your choice of words? The women here would appreciate it.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd appreciate it if
the “women” here didnt swoon quite so loudly and often over CoJack’s body parts.
But that’s just me.
( Didnt mean to offend anyone. Except maybe the young woman by the pool with a boob job and incredibly bad taste in ballgame attire.)
This is sort of a tangent, but the Dbacks have a policy about indecent clothing, and let’s just say I was a little surprised they let her in – even by the pool.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 18, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't recall
any of the women explicitly “swooning loudly and often over CoJack’s body parts”. I don’t recall any of them using an off-color term, either.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you. Me neither.
We like the guys (heck, the men like the guys) but I’ve never known us to be derogatory…
by snakecharmer on Sep 19, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(heck, the men like the guys)
I haven’t the slightest idea what you’re talking about.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I realize intentions are only half of the issue
but let me at least spell those out so there’s no misunderstanding on that end. It was not my intention to offend any group sensibility or degrade women with the word “tits”. I was trying to call attention to, and yes degrade, a particular person (a behavior, really) that I thought was in poor taste.
As far as the word itself, I put it on par with knockers, boobs, etc. Is that the level of rhetoric I’m being chastised for here, or is “tits” somehow worse, more “off-color” as Phil says? I honestly didnt realize that, if it is, and if it is, then my mistake.
If it’s connotation is not different than jugs or boobs, etc, then judging from much of the yearlong Conor/Reynolds “discussion” (which I realize is in fun but I imagine not everyone is entirely appreciative of on a baseball blog), then I think my unusually swift chastisement here smacks of a double standard.
But please. Educate me. Maybe I need it.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
“Tits” is definitely a more off color word than “boobs”. So is “hooters”. She was way underdressed, I agree with you, but perhaps a different comment would have been more acceptable.
So there you go. It’s considered a rude reference to a woman’s breasts.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Sep 19, 2008 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was
going to say the same thing…. “boobs” seems more cartoonish or childish, whereas “tits” or “jugs” are more raunchy terms. “Knockers” or “hooters”, to me, are in more of a grey area that need not be broached.
But, to me, simply drawing attention expressly to a certain sexually-charged part of the body just isn’t quite necessary. Yes, the girls here swoon over how good looking CoJack is, but the only body part they ever mention is his eyebrows. (Or his stubble, tonight) I’ve never noticed anyone saying anything about his penis.
It’s not like we’re that stuffy here, you know. We have no problem posting pinup pictures of St. Penelope. But it was a bit unnecessary.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right
I should’ve known ‘boobs’ was more mainstream, after watching all those awful 1970’s game shows, like Match Game, where the term came up alot. So, you’ve convinced me ‘tits’ is ruder.
Question: Did my reference personally offend you, as a woman, as it was directed towards another specific woman for reasons that should be fairly clear?
I’m trying to think of a gender-opposite analogy. Maybe if someone on this site calls a player a “prick” or something. There’s lots of that here. Doesnt offend me, as a man, if a specific player is targeted, but if one of the posters started ranting “All men are pricks”, that’s different.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm.....
what about, “Wow, look at CoJack’s asscheeks”?
I can tell you that I wasn’t offended by what you said per se, but I knew that Jenny would be, if no one else, and I felt a bit awkward when you said it.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am used to hanging out with solely guys
So I wasn’t offended, but I was surprised to find out that I was being offensive. If someone had told me I would have stopped. I was unaware it bothered anyone.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I don't think any of you have said anything vaguely offensive.
Nothing that comes to mind, anyway.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I couldn't
really think of anything particularly comparable, so I just used something explicit.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your comments
have never personally offended me. I find them consistently funny, occasionally brilliant, other times bewildering. For example, the “what not” comment, below, is the funniest thing on this thread.
The rather suggestive and voluminous love affair threads, however, just arent my bag, much the same way stuff I write is surely not appreciated by some. No big deal. Different strokes. Takes a village, and all that.
What offended me wasn’t that you and Phil and others go on these rather extravagent tangents of a romantic (and at least implicitly sexual nature). What offended me was that you do it with relative impugnity because three or four cops here apparently feel it’s all in good fun, appropriate etc, AND when someone else (in this case, me) make one overboard gender remark (and after looking at the video, how overboard is it, really?), I’m called upon, immediately, to tone it down.
I definitely appreciate that words matter, and dont plan on using my word of choice again, but personally, between you and me, I still feel there’s a bit of a double standard with some folks in the neighborhood.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 3:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Absolutely
Those who haven’t had their account privileges suspended will get more latitude in what they can say, than those members, like yourself, who have previously had to have action taken against them as a result of offensive comments. Or have you forgotten your suspension?
It’s the same “double-standard” which makes it hard for convicted fraudsters to get jobs in banks, even if they promise to be really, really honest this time.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Yet another deflective “double standard” (your personal division of “insiders” who can push the envelope because you know they’re kidding, evidently, vs “outsiders”, who rub you the wrong way for myriad reasons, and must be closely "watched"), to obscure the double standard actually under discussion here. You remember, the healthy debate over the actual message (ie usage, content standards, tone,etc) rather than individual messengers?
This is just another example (ironically and eerily similar to my balleyhooed "banishment"), of you misconstruing a useful, good faith debate to insert your personal grudges between two people perfectly capable of agreeing and moving on. Here, you’re implying that my use of the word “tits” is (and should be) treated differently based on my contentious debate history with you (and shoe) that’s obviously irrelevant to this gender issue and just as obviously still in your craw. Yet that was far from snakecharmer’s intention. She was offended by the word, not by who said it, and while I didnt share her vocab expectations, I unequivocally respect her integrity, and will bend over backwards to accomodate her and abide by whatever standards the community deems appropriate. Why? Because she walks the walk, Jim. She’s unfailingly polite and expects others to follow suit. You’re combative, hold personal grudges, make off color remarks, jump to the defense of people who dont need defending to make matters worse, yet hold others with similar styles to a loftier standard of your own imagination. It’s not a “community” standard and you know it. With me, and a few others, it’s a control thing, and I honestly dont get what you’re so afraid of, because this is a good blog without you and your minions banning, or threatening to ban, outsiders and contrarians on practically a daily basis for reasonable differences of opinion and style.
One reason I assumed “tits” was acceptable here is precisely because of what else gets said in this forum. It’s not a word I’d use around the office, obviously, but snakepit is a place where some have been carrying on smirking, sexually suggestive dialogues (both straight and gay) for months and months. I dont expect them to “change” because I find the quantity of dialog tiresome or “unnecessary”, and I’m ok with the community verdict that my word had a crasser tone than some of their stuff. Message received. And I’m fine with charmer expressing her opinion and all of us getting a chance to understand each other a little better. I can even see how others might feel that incessant romance novel level blather is cute and appropriate while “tits” is harsh and offensive. I would just ask you and your police force to appreciate that not all well meaning adults agree and I can assure them that not everyone here shares their values.
Incidentally, the only reason I took a somewhat combative stance w/ charmer early on was because she turned a personal affront into something of a class action, by claiming I had wronged “women on this blog”. That upset me, because I thought hers was an unnecessary reach. As it turns out, women’s opinions lay somewhere between either charmer’s or my blanket assumptions. We both learned something. We both respect each other. That’s what a blog should be.
Still giggling over likening me to a “fraudster”. Who does that make you, anyway? Eliot Ness?
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Double standard indeed
and if people are so easily offended, maybe those parties should GET A LIFE
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or conversely
if you felt there was line crossed before, why not just say so instead being passive aggressive?
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or maybe
he just felt the polite thing to do was ignore it and talk about baseball?
I guess that’s sort of what bugs me, soco. People can write literally hundreds of comments about Conor Jackson’s face, his ass, wanting to sleep with Conor Jackson, dreaming about Conor Jackson, etc, etc and while I think it’s a bit tedious (the volume more than the quality, to be fair) on a baseball site, I dont say anything because this is a community of individuals trying to have a good time. Individuals different than me.
Then I rather rudely, it turns out, use one sexual reference towards a very specific woman, for like the first time in maybe a thousand comments, by making fun of the biggest goddam boobs ever paraded on a Dbacks remote interview (you really had to see it to believe it) and I’m suddenly “inappropriate”.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think there is a difference
Between obviously non-serious comments about a player and “Did anyone else see those tits?” For one thing, the latter reduces the target to a single body-part: the vast majority of the Jackson-oriented discussion here is not about wanting to sleep with him. To be honest, I’d have had you pretty far down the list of members likely to come out with a line like that, especially in what you know very well is mixed company.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
More than "inappropriate",
I would just characterize it as “unnecessary”.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose I should clarify
I don’t really care that you wanted to bring up the woman’s breasts, I was just offended by the word you used for them. It’s just the off-color word choice that I think could’ve been handled differently. I don’t think any of the women here want to impose double standards and say you can’t talk about it! Like I said, just the vocab.
Plus it was a little out of thin air for those not watching but that just made it confusing. :)
by snakecharmer on Sep 19, 2008 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus it was a little out of thin air for those not watching but that just made it confusing. :)
Oh…. yeah, you were watching the Giants broadcast, weren’t you?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was only half way watching the game
So I missed it, but have DVR and saw what he was talking about. Then I got scared and stopped responding.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scared
at the ginormous growths of saline or silicone?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I plead generational culture shock
at this point. It was the infinitesimal bikini top at least as much as the significant size and shape of the boobs. The combination, along with the fact both she and FSN obviously wanted her prominently in the segment ( she was positioned directly next to Steinke) was what surprised me.
Let’s just say she got plenty of exposure.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 4:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Common Ground
First, I appreciate you expressing your objections dispassionately, without lashing back or esclating what I think is mostly a misunderstanding.
Second, I dont want this site to degrade into an ‘F this’ Boyz club any more than you or Jim do – believe me. In fact, I think it’s awesome that the company is so mixed and most everyone feels comfortable expressing themselves as they do.
But I’d also ask you to consider that this is an online group of, mostly, guys, talking about sports and in my case, what’s going on poolside, and to maybe let an isolated remark escalate into something a little more “out of hand” before employing the ‘schoolmarm’ treatment. You dont have to, of course. You’re entitled to express your opinions, feelings, etc. I just think that even if my remark was more off color than intended, that I – and most everyone here, for that matter – is due a little more leeway, a little more “credit” in terms of generally engaging in gender appropriate discourse.
Plus it was a little out of thin air for those not watching but that just made it confusing. :)
I’m glad you mentioned this, cuz I think this is a fairly big part of our disconnect. As Jim alluded to, I hardly make a habit of talking about boobs or making rude references about women (The vast majority of my Rude Reference portfolio is reserved for men.) But the TV visual was stunning. Not stunning beautiful or stunning I’d like to you know what. Just kinda shocking. I actually started laughing out loud at home.
And I guess I was guilty of using a “shock value” term to reflect something I assumed many on the thread had seen. It was meant as a joke and not to hurt anyone’s feelings. Certainly no one here. Sorry that it did.
— Matt
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(The vast majority of my Rude Reference portfolio is reserved for men.)
With a plurality reserved for Derrick Hall.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
you’ve been sorta pissing me off lately too, so watch out.
Can I say that? Pissing.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 3:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
BANNED!!
What?? It’s not like you disagree. It’s been my experience that you save your choicest words for Hall.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 3:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I save
my choicest words for intelligent people who use their influence to fabricate misinformation at the expense of more vulnerable folks, whether that be Derrick, this poor clown at The Republic, Craig Harris, or….I’ll stop there.
No sense getting chastised/banned thrice. (sounds like something John Kerry might say to the U.N.)
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It wasn't intended as a criticism.
I thought we were beyond that, ’Hacks.
It was simply an observation.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 4:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your observation is correct
and isnt perceived as criticism. I just dont feel it’s relevant to the subject at hand.
We’re talking about gender. I’m making a point bout gender. I just dont see how introducing Derrick Hall is advancing that discussion, and really serves to deflect the point I’m trying to make about gender.
My “observation” is that many of your choicest words are reserved for foulpole. But what has that got to do with anything here?
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 5:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your observation
is also correct.
It wasn’t relevant, but when I posted it, I thought the case was closed, so I sought to drive the conversation in a new, less confrontational direction.
Clearly, I erred.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 5:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
I would certainly say it is more off-color than ‘boobs’. I would, for example, use the latter if my mother was around. But ‘tits’? No.
I think you are probably the first person ever to use the word here, which is probably an indication you shouldn’t have. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like
it’s time for a fan poll ;-)
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The mother test?
Yeah, that’s a pretty good brightline, actually.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man
there goes half of my vernacular. My mom hates it even when I say “screwed.”
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....
okay, so I take it back. The brightline isn’t “your mom”. The brightline is “Jim’s mom”.
Although, aren’t Scots quite vulgar?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome
To this week’s edition of Sweeping Generalizations, with your host, DbacksSkins.
Don’t believe everything you see in Austin Powers movies.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 12:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about your MIL
She seemed pretty awesome, and she let you put red in her hair, so she wins.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It wasn't a generalization from Austin Powers.
Or So I Married An Axe Murderer.
It was a generalization from my uncle.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh
SENSITIVE MEN, COJACK TOLD TO STAY INDOORS
NARWHAL LIBERATION FRONT ACTIVITIES INCREASE, CONNECTION TO RECENT WAVE OF CRIME?
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
GLB TO SNAKEPIT: DROP DEAD
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We weren't even allowed to say shut up as kids.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neither were we.
Also, we weren’t allowed to say, “See?” when we were right about something.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My mom
told me that all the time. Surprising, I know.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My mom
didn’t. Surprising, I know.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My 85-year-old mother says boobs and her mother said bosom.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My mom calls them "What not"
But then uses far more foul language for other things.
So she wouldn’t be fair barometer.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I automatically apply this standard to my posts
For obvious reasons.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your mom doesn't count
She’s cool.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
YOUR mom doesn’t count.
Cuz she’s hot.
OH!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am sure she would appreciate your sentiments
I will send them along. ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Errr.....
she’s not married to the jealous type…. is she??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
You should likely lay off any kind of comments about people’s mothers.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come to think of it......
yeah, that’s right.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those birds
seem dirty, somehow….
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha,
I totally thought, “I didn’t see any birds though!”
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, it was either that...
Or this.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yay! The Twits!
Mr. Twit had a crusty beard.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose
the answer is, “Yes, they were on TV.”
Decorum would seem to prevent me from elaborating.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RJ
92 pitches through seven, due up third.
As much as I hate to turn it over to our bullpen with a one-run lead, I think he’s pulled here.
Cruz, Qualls?
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Awwww.
Whitesell PHing for RJ.
With 92 pitches, 2 outs, and nobody on base, WTF are you thinking, BoMel??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So you wanted Randy to pitch another inning and run the pitch count up to triple digits?
Micah Owings will rise again.
Max Scherzer- Flaming fastball good enough to cool down his opponets.
by damdrs1717 on Sep 10, 2008 3:06 PM PDT
by damdrs1717 on Sep 18, 2008 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wouldn't be unprecedented.
Even for 2008 Randy Johnson.
He’d gone 100+ in five of his last seven starts.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good stat. I guess Randy's good for 09 then.
Micah Owings will rise again.
Max Scherzer- Flaming fastball good enough to cool down his opponets.
by damdrs1717 on Sep 10, 2008 3:06 PM PDT
by damdrs1717 on Sep 18, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Given that...
And the other numbers I posted below, it sure looks like it.
I don’t really have a problem with Melvin pulling him there. Pretty standard move. It’d be nice if the bullpen could give us less reasons to second-guess it though.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah.....
in retrospect….. again, with 2 outs and nobody on, we sent a AAA guy out there, and he did the same thing RJ could have done.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm in favor of bringin him back next year
In April, I was convinced this year was his last shot at 300, but now, I think he’s got another season in him.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Completely agreed.
Let’s bring him back. Maybe he’ll even give us a bit of a discount.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
Randy sure would have agreed to it, given the results.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Six outs to get
Hold firm, pen. i have to reboot. Back soon…
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 11:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Plus, Lincecum won’t get a loss.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I take it back.
Lincecum can still win, since he’s still in the game.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Denied
Micah Owings will rise again.
Max Scherzer- Flaming fastball good enough to cool down his opponets.
by damdrs1717 on Sep 10, 2008 3:06 PM PDT
by damdrs1717 on Sep 18, 2008 11:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
What is with the random
dug out chair? Is that guy too good for the bench?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was JUST thinking
about Cruz being a master of the “true outcomes”, and how I’d probably not bring him in in a 1 run game. Any other lead, sure. But not with 1 run.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Now that Randy's stuck with ANOTHER no decision...
Check out his numbers since the all-star break, including tonight’s start.
4-2, 11 GS, 71 IP, 65 H, 18 ER, 13 BB, 68 K, 2.28 ERA, 1.10 WHIP
He should REALLY be closer to 300 than this.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Seriously,he should be at about 315
with the lack of run support from this team through the years.
by TwinnerA on Sep 18, 2008 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
for your +300
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Sep 18, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
300?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
People, people...
I thought we had this talk a little earlier. This time, I simply reboot my PC and come back to find the lead has gone. I am very disappointed in you.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
DbacksSkins did it.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I see how it is.
Believe me, if we could have stopped your momentum-crushing restart before it was too late, we would’ve. Jinxer.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
BUUURN
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uggh.
Runs? Please?
-Sent by a Blackberry
(invented by John McCain)
by Zephon on Sep 18, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Over?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats why I have my iPod on
I like Gracie and Sutton but they can get on my nerves if I listen to them for too long.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You get on my nerves
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is why you have headphones
… Spluh.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean you haven't broken them yet?
There are some home electronics that are safe from your wrath?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funnily enough I go through headphones like water
But again I will take this moment to say the TV is FINE. I used it to watch the game, and I will use it to watch Pushing Daisies on Blu Ray later. Your logic is faulty!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not
if I’m watching Blade Runner first!
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm DbacksSkins
and I approve this message.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, now I’m just going to libel you because I’m jealous that I don’t have Pushing Daisies on DVD, let alone Blu Ray.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Target, my weakness
I love love love Pushing Daisies. I forgot just how much but now I am just giddy about next week.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard
she took out TWO TVs…. but the police arrested “some Puerto Rican guy” for it.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Profiling
at its worst.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
But that would be cool if “some Puerto Rican guy” turned out to be Randy Winn or something.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Randy Winn wouldn't break TVs
Unless he can break them over the heads of orphans.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Luckily
he keeps a suitcase full of orphans specifically for this purpose.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orphans
with diseases.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Uh oh....
that’s how it begins.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have you heard us talk ever?
It has been like that since the beginning. ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
CoJack to first
He apparently has decided shaving was optional today.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
You a fan?
Do you like the grunge look?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I prefer clean shaven
But as long as it isn’t the scary Byrnes-porn-stache I don’t object.
It does make him look slightly hung over though.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do you know
he’s NOT hungover?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point
From what I have heard, it would not be shocking. :)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It worked for Haren early in the year, didn't it?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
CoJack
with a 2 out single.
Dunn homer, maybe?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Or, more likely
A feeble groundout. He didn’t get Jackson home from third last time, so…
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, but wait!
He’s not in scoring position! There’s a chance!
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we both owe
Dunn and Jackson an apology. :-)
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, ye of little faith.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jackson's SB pays off!! He scores!!!
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hooray
for the new, faster Conor Jackson!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but he's not THAT fast.
I mean, he can only run two bases in the time it takes Upton to run three.
……..Or something.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
DUNNN!!!!!!!!!!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
THANK YOU COJACK AND DUNN
3-2
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
YESYESYES!!
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Sep 18, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey we scored an inning too late.
Micah Owings will rise again.
Max Scherzer- Flaming fastball good enough to cool down his opponets.
by damdrs1717 on Sep 10, 2008 3:06 PM PDT
by damdrs1717 on Sep 18, 2008 11:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunate for Randy’s win total, but we’ll take the run.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Sep 18, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Isn't Lincecum's pitch count pretty high now?
I thought I heard he was already over 100.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Started the inning with 98.
So yeah, he’s getting up there.
Hasn’t stopped Bochy the last few outings though.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But it should
They cannot burn out Lincecum when they don’t need to.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard he goes to 108 most times out
Or, I might have been hearing things, as this was earlier when I had the sound on. Now I hear the Damnwhells. :)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Average pitch count = 108
Second only to CC Sabathia. Arm falling off in 3…2…
by Jim McLennan on Sep 18, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am oddly proud that that kept in my head
Though I shouldn’t be shocked, for some reason useless number information sticks in my head.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hooray
for remembering useless information!!
I have the same problem. (Or ability.)
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It can be a problem and an ability
It isn’t great when I remember random social security numbers, but can’t remember people’s names.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It helped me quite a bit
when I was working at the bank.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Even worse his last four starts.
132, 92, 127, 138.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's really scary
Maybe his high pitch count is why he’s got so many wins, he stays in long enough to get them, but is one season and possibly one award worth a whole career?? He’s so young!
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bruce Bochy
will be visited tonight by the Ghost of Mark Priors Past.
Or something.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Youth breeds invincibility
He probably thinks his shoulder won’t give out cause he is still “so young”
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Holy lord
My arm hurts THINKING about that.
And really, how old is he? He really looks like a kid.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh dear lord
I thought Timm had a baby face.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How do I
have a baby face?
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You look young?
It’s a compliment. ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cuz you look like you’re 16 or so. And it is a compliment.
It's like living with a six-year old.
by 4 Corners Fan on Sep 19, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have to understand, though...
For guys our age, it isn’t always a compliment. lol
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was asked if I was old enough for the emergency seats when I was 20
And then someone asked if Timm was my Legal GUARDIAN. When he doesn’t shave he looks like he is close to 30 but when he doesn’t he looks 18. It is a paradox.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree?
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bwuh?
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a Hollywood Squares reference.
See, because you disagree.
It’s funny because it’s like the show.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anyway.
You like pretty much early to mid 20’s there.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 12:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am!
The range of ages people think I am is a bit insane. Some think I look really young, and some think I’m in my thirties.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't get it.
You’re…24, right? I forget. Either way, I don’t see where such a disparity comes from.
Me, I think I’m the same way. I pretty much look 23. Unshaven, I look like a 23-year-old child molester.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 12:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
for most men the child molester thing is a problem, unless you can’t grow facial hair or have really light skin.
I, unfortunately, look like a redneck molester, as I can only grow a goatee and sideburns. I’d make an awesome Civil War general.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Takes more than that to be a Civil War general.
You have to be able to grow mutton chops, too. And drink a lot of whiskey.
When I grew a full beard, everyone said I looked like either a biker or a mountain man. Except that I’m like 5’5, so it’d be more like a hill man. ::rimshot::
Also, does a “redneck molester” molest rednecks?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can rock
the mutton chops and fu manchu. There is a distinct line where my ‘chops end and my goatee begins. And I do like whiskey, though I’m not so sure about marching to the sea.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
then you could be Grant instead of Sherman. It involves a lot more whiskey and a lot less marching to the sea.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude.
Inside jokes, NOT cool when nobody else is on the inside.
Also, how the hell do you know a Hollywood Squares reference??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used to watch it when I was 7
Cause I thought Whoopi Goldgerg was the funniest woman alive. (I was 7.)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is me
being embarrassed in sympathy.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was a troubled youth.
Growing up in Saskatchewan.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
YOU GREW UP IN SASKATCHEWAN?
That is AWESOME. I only say this because of Brooks Laich… who is a hockey player.
I might be a little too Benedryled up for this board right now.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've met
Denis Potvin’s daughter?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its like 6 degress of
Kevin Bacon. ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
FWIW,
she looks like a cross between Kirsten Dunst and Cameron Diaz. SUPER smart, though. She’s on facebook, too.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was born a poor black child.
(+1 for the first person to get the reference)
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In Mississippi?
I’m not buying any glasses from you.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
Somehow, I sorta assumed you’d be the first.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My grandmother was born in CA (in fact it was her middle name)
but she was raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her family had drug stores there.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For the sake of disclosure...
I have to point out that entire post is made up. A little. Okay, a lot.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait a second --
you’re not the guy that beheaded and ate that kid on the bus, are you??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what happens to me, too.
When I don’t shave, people seem to think I’m 35 or something.
But I’m short enough that when I DO shave, people are shocked that I have a driver’s license.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
24.
Fun fact — he was drafted in the slot RIGHT before Max Scherzer.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow
That could come back to bite them in the ass.
At least, I hope so. Honestly, I don’t want to wish ill on Lincecum- he plays for the enemy, but the guy is a fantastic pitcher, and I’m actually looking forward to seeing how his career goes. But I can wish generalized, vague ill on the Giants as an organization.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wish
he was traded to the White Sox. Then all my dreams could come truuuuuuuuuuuue.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All of your dreams?
Even that one with the iguana-people?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
especially that one.
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I still don't understand
How does Ozzie Guillen even open a portal to an alternate dimension in the first place?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
it’s quite simple. He unleashes a profanity laden “pep talk” to AJ Pierzynski, who promptly punches him so hard in the stomach, that they create a mini black hole leading to another dimension. It’s like they are their own Hadron Collider.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, I see
I forgot Ozzie learned all the physics he knows from a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book, and just enforces those rules on reality.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be fair
the original reference would be a punch in the nuts…but I’m now a little dubious about posting it.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I just did
We are gonna get drunk with Adam Dunn and we're gonna head-butt some damn kangaroos.
by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope
he doesn’t win the Cy Young and that Webby gets it.
That’s all I hope. Nothing more explicit than that.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll agree with that
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Conor said something in the interview afterwards
Calling Lincecum the future Cy Young and all I could think was, “Way to support your team mate.”
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The future
is rather vast, so that doesn’t necessarily imply this year. Or Conor is a jerk.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A dreamy jerk
Wait, no, I mean…
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well if Twilight has taught us girls nothing
We look for the dreamy guys who will treat us like dirt and make us feel useless.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Twilight has taught you nothing else, remember this:
It only rains three or four times a year in Phoenix.
Seriously, those books are terrible. And it saddens me that they’re doing so well. I mean, at least people are reading, but do they have to read crap?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG THANK YOU
“What is this foreign substance clouding the sky? Rain? I don’t know what this is! Every day it rains, you would think we were in the upper North West or something.”
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My sister says the best use for the books is as a party game- open to a random page, and read a paragraph out loud in the most serious, overdramatic voice you can.
She says the book was terrible, yet there was this strange compulsion to read the next one…
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read that as
“the best use for books…”
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha
Obviously, the best use for books is to balance out a short table leg.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And killing spiders
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude.
Killing spiders is NOT cool.
Plus, it’s bad luck.
Unless they’re poisonous. In which case, whack away.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you can rest drinks on them
You know, when you can’t find a coaster.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a big
spider if you can rest a drink on it.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+eleventy million
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, no
You have to kill a bunch of them and mush them all together.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stitch them
together with their own web?
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take that, Charlotte!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
SOME PIG
MORE LIKE GOOD EATIN
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But
it’s Zuckerman’s famous!!
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
T, double E, double R, double R, double I, double F, double I, double C?
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 2:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have read them all
I couldn’t help myself. It was like watching a car wreck and smelling gasoline and pulling off bandaids. I couldn’t help myself! She is SO overdramatic and horrible. I thought the last few HP books were rather "fanfiction"esque but Twilight starts at bad fanfiction and gets worse. I swear, the movie will be a drinking game of how many times she is self depricating and how many times he is stoic and cruel because he “LOVES HER OH SO MUCH.”
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ugh, Harry Potter
I couldn’t stand the last book. It was “Hermione and Harry sit around in a tent while interesting stuff happens off-screen, and then Harry beats Voldemort by not really doing anything, and, oh, I’ll randomly kill off characters in very unfitting, undramatic ways.”
I had (nerdy admission here) a crush on Tonks, and her death was so meaningless.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had a crush on Tonks as well!
How can you not? She was adorable and amazing and she made her (And Remus) into complete jerks.
I was really sad with the last book, but even HBP was pretty crappy. I only read about half of it and then put it down for a few weeks before finishing it.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really, I don't remember what happened in HBP
I think I read it once, and never bothered to go back.
Oh, and I was annoyed about how she treated Snape.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed again!
Are we the same person? ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Weird.
You two, and then me and your husband.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(The real one)
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So does that mean you are
married to kishi too?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He didn't even buy me dinner
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why did I need to?
I wrote you the check.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Errr....
not sure what mrskishi would say about that.
Also, I’m not so sure you and kishi would be able to switch places unnoticed. Wouldn’t be quite as easy as with me and soco.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure soco doesn’t want that visual.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unless....
soco DOES want that visual…
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 5:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
for giving away the entire plot?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I didn't give away all of it
Most of the excitement is in just where they set up the tent!
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be honest he really didn't
You get to know most of this in the first chapter. It just goes down hill from there.
Plus, the funniest part of the entire thing is what kills Voldemort. It is worth it just to read that bit and laugh at how much money she made off the series.
(and then, you know, cry.)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did laugh at how Harry felt the need to give a monologue as he beat Voldemort at the end.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh the grandstanding
It was so hilarious!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The plot is
Ron and Harry are complete dunderheads, so Hermione does all the work. THE END
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
I’ve actually never read a Harry Potter book anyway, so….
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
I guess I needn’t bother reading the book or seeing the movie now. :-(
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's okay
you’ve probably already seen the movie or read the book up to six times before.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Probably true
Say what you will about the Harry Potter books, their primary value was not in the exciting new ideas put forth.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm impressed how
I could have seen the movie of the last book when it hasn’t actually been made yet. And I’m still working my way through volume three of the books Just because you have read the book doesn’t mean everyone else has.
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The joke
is that they’re all the same.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just seem to recall
Someone getting a bit peeved about spoilers previously. Of course, some might say that all college football games are basically the same too…
by Jim McLennan on Sep 19, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh jeez
I was joking then too. Not that I’ve given away any actual spoilers. Harry and Ron are idiots and Hermione does all the work isn’t that shocking of a revelation.
Now, some others certainly gave away some spoilers, but that really has nothing to do with me.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I gave away more spoilers
But if the book’s been out for over a year, then I think you have to take your chances.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same old book business
Tim Russert dies and people fall over themselves trying to buy his books. David Foster Wallace dies and no one cares.
the New Earth is still a best seller, but the latest Pulitzer Prize in fiction, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao barely moves off the shelf.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was just confused about how every bookstore I go into has 45 copies of each book in the series sitting on a table three feet from their front door. And then I read the first chapter or two, and was even more annoyed.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
it sells. I know people (not implying you, but people in general) like to make it seem like we want to push those books instead of good literature, but believe me we don’t. They sell, though, which keeps us going so we can sell the more obscure titles that unfortunately never get enough attention.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Originally, I thought it was a Utah thing
Because the display was up for months, the author is Mormon, and the signs they had looked like they were typed up in Microsoft Word.
I don’t blame the bookstores, I blame the terrible taste of the public. Same place I put the blame about The da Vinci Code.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Da Vinci Code
…………………….
That’s all I have to say about THAT disaster of stunted prose.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought it was here because of Phoenix
And then I heard about the movie and thought, “OMG, please don’t actually mention Phoenix, we already have bad press.”
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Twilight?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you haven't had to suffer through it
Don’t ask. Just know, if you see the previews for a movie called Twilight and it looks mildly interesting RUN SCREAMING.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Terrible series of books
Crappy romance novels that are, of course, best sellers because…
Hell, I don’t know why. If I knew, I’d probably drink a lot more.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All I know
is that my ex used to read Nora Roberts and compare me to the heroes in her books.
Favorably at first, then later, not so much….. it’s tough to compete with a total fantasy.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
As a girl who wanted to marry Mr. Darcy
I have to say it is sad how much our generation is being messed with by romantic heroes. In the end no guy can measure up to the perfect man because what makes relationships perfect are your joint imperfections.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joint imperfections?
Like how Emily messed up her knee?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, exactly
I am sure mrskishi revels in your romantic mind. ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's funny
Darcy’s been piquing women’s imaginations for 195 years. I suppose I should be grateful he’s only spent the last fifteen destabilizing my marriage.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 4:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....
and Mr. Darcy only damaged my engagement for 8 months or so.
Bastard.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 4:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I totally heard that from this girl
Who knew a girl who went on a date with him.
True story.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Girl from my HS
dated him too.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
COJACK IS COJERK
Local girl reports Diamondbacks’ phenom, Conor Jackson, is a jerk after taking her to a nice seafood dinner, a matinee, and then never calling again.
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like
a short from The Onion.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have a future!
I told you, mom! I told you!
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by soco on Sep 19, 2008 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was actually just making a joke
I was at a baby shower in Tucson and this girl started ranting about how horrible he is because her friend went on ONE date with him and “all he did was talk about baseball”. Which was during Spring Training, so naturally he was probably pretty focused on his career. I rolled my eyes cause all the girls acted like she was talking dogma, you know ?
Cause he might be a jerk, but you can’t base a guy off of ONE date during a hell week for him.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know someone whose tells a sordid story of her client’s daughter and one of our ballplayers who came up through Tucson. Unfortunately, the client won’t tell the name of the ballplayer. Damn!
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 1:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....
what’s the gist of the story?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just because
I might have heard the same story, except it was about a specific player.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boy meets local girl
while in the minors, then gets called up to the big leagues and dumps girl (by now in trouble if you get my drift) and takes up with a girl more “fitting” of a major league player. My source works at a place where she meets local and national celebrities frequently and has lots of tales to tell.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 2:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's pretty much
the exact same story I heard.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It sounds like a romance novel plot
(Meaning, something I would totally read about avidly. I am a shallow human)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How sure are you that it's true?
I mean, how reliable is the source?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
She's my nail technician
and worked for years at a well-known salon and sees and hears a lot. It was her client who told the story of her granddaughter and this ball player.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 2:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, okay. And she didn't know the player?
Or at least didn’t reveal them to you?
I tend to think that the two of us hearing the same story is corroborative evidence. I don’t really want to say who I heard it was, though.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The nail tech said her client wouldn’t tell her who it was, not that my nail tech would know the player anyway even if told as she doesn’t watch baseball.
Darnit, now I am curious to know who it is!
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 2:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check email.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Responded back
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heck, I can top this girly talk
My brother bedded a major league player, quite a few years ago.
No longer a player, but someone still active in the game.
Sorry, but that is all. Carry on
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 4:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Torre?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 4:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
he has hit the ground running with that whole “California” lifestyle thing. Drinks wheatgrass, apparently, too.
But, sorry. No.
by Diamondhacks on Sep 19, 2008 5:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder how varied and fascinating her conversations were
It’s one thing if, say, I went on about baseball on a date, since I’m just a fan. But if it’s the guy’s job…
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's my point!
Sure, I talk about kids a lot, but if you spend the bulk of your time at work, what else will you talk about?
Timm talks about books, I talk about kids, natually he would talk about baseball.
Plus, first dates are basically interviews.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think
he said it with Webby or this year in mind. He was just giving credit to a really really good pitcher. He also called him “one of the nicest guys in the NL”, didn’t he?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't catch that part
But I came in a bit into it so I might have missed it. He also really did look hung over. Just saying.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's like
our very own Mickey Mantle.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He called him "probably the reigning Cy Young winner"
which implies he thinks he is going to win it year after year.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
118.
Micah Owings will rise again.
Max Scherzer- Flaming fastball good enough to cool down his opponets.
by damdrs1717 on Sep 10, 2008 3:06 PM PDT
by damdrs1717 on Sep 18, 2008 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey All
Been a while since I stopped into a game thread.
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by Gravity on Sep 18, 2008 11:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hello.
It’s probably safe to hang around them again. We realize now the last three weeks weren’t your fault. This team’s just that bad sometimes.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah See
I left for like two weeks and we never won at all. I’m not the problem!
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by Gravity on Sep 18, 2008 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or else....
….you ARE the problem. You leave, and we lose. Why the hell didn’t you stick around??
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Suck it up Lincecum
You are like 14, you have years of wins infront of you
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Lets Go
QUALLSSSSS
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by Gravity on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow....
Lincecum is pretty pissed with himself.
That 14 yr old has gotta control his temper.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 18, 2008 11:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Any one else notice that whenever they show Webb
Dougie is in the same shot and vice versa?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The pitchers seem to huddle together
I usually see Haren in the same frame as Webb.
by snakecharmer on Sep 18, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its like a clique!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah,
Webby and Double D seem to have become best friends in the last 2 years.
Yesterday Double D and Scherzer were talking, though.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good.
Kept Velez’s speed off the basepaths. One down.
by Azreous on Sep 18, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Two Outs
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by Gravity on Sep 18, 2008 11:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sweet lord
I can’t hold my breath any longer.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Epic AB is Epic
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by Gravity on Sep 18, 2008 11:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Circular like a circle
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WE SWEPT!
FOUR GAMES SWEPT!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 18, 2008 11:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PAYBACK!!!
Haven’t most of the series been sweeps?? I know the first two were… and the last two were… what about the middle two?
by snakecharmer on Sep 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know? :)
But sure! PAYBACK!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whoa
A sweep? Us? Aren’t we usually on the other side of that one? I need to sit down.
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just breathe
Do you have a brown paper bag?
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Empty Dr. Pepper Can
Good enough?
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same diff ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
By the by
Props for the Dr. Horrible sig.
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks :D
I was thinking about changing it for the slump, but I can’t bring myself to. I love that quote and NPH. :D
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love NPH so hard
Like, him being gay makes me wish I was gay.
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
:D
I am sure his partner would appreciate that you are not.
But still, I get it. I almost put him on my “Just in Case” draft with Timm, even though he doesn’t like girls just cause he is THAT AWESOME.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I Think
For the next game we need a picture of NPH riding a narwhal. We couldn’t possible lose with that much awesomeness.
Cause he’s never sad. When he gets sad, he just stops being sad and is awesome instead.
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have that poster!
From season 2 of HIMYM. :)
And yes. With NPH AND a Narwhal we might even be able to beat the crap out of anyone. (And the next series is the Rockies, so its like taking wonderflonium from a courier van. ;))
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just Be Careful
Not to bounce it. Lord knows we don’t want that.
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will remain bounce free
Promise ;)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hanging out with people tonight
At one point, one of the girls said, “Oh, look at my wrist, gotta go.” It was awesome.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have been trying
to work that into conversation for WEEKS. I have slipped in random other ones into them though!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mrskishi also dropped a “crazy random happenstance.” Geek socializing, where 30% of it is quoting the internet…
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its true!
I went to a mini-con a while back that was pretty much 4 days worth of “Did you catch that reference?”
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like most conventions
Hell, I’ve got a RPG character who’s pretty heavily (and obviously) based off of Mal on Firefly.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have been to Comic-Con
And mini-sporatic cons. I like the smaller ones, cause I get more of the references. Also, Mal is just awesome, so heck yea!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jealous of the ComicCon
I’ve never been able to go, just been to local gaming cons. Which are kind of insane, really tiring, but a lot of fun. Nothing like days spent in a hotel with the nerd meter set to full- yes, I restrain it most of the time.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I STILL
have not seen this.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's still available on the internet
So if you find yourself online anytime soon, you have the opportunity.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm....
I’m very rarely online, so I don’t know.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I figured
But, on the off chance.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope, doubt it.
I’m never online.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 1:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would have been nice
to hit Lincecum a little more, raise his ERA higher.
Still makes me sad that RJ didn’t get the win, though…. AGAIN.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
And
sadder panda.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
We did hand him a loss though
Consolation prize
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, he looked like we stole his bicycle and pushed him into the sand box
So it had some added bonus.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder
If he’ll throw a temper tantrum in the clubhouse
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by Gravity on Sep 19, 2008 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone will just have to get him his milk
And blankie, or I am NOT going to want to be on that bus.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice win!
Back to .500. Still in the race, but realistically we should be hoping to end above the .5 mark.
by singaporedbacksfan on Sep 19, 2008 12:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, we're still in this race.
…Kind of.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 12:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That should be our new rally cry
We’re still in it! (… Kind of.)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jim?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It does seem kinda catchy.
And indifferent.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is how I am letting myself feel about the team right now
So its perfect.
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fear the mighty narwhal
Well, I spent the evening hanging out with a friend from high school, getting updates by text message. Glad to see it went well, and Lincecum got the L. Wish it could have been Randy’s 295th, but alas…
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 12:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Boy, you people have been busy.
I go away to get dinner and walk back into 100+ post-game comments? Yeesh.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 2:30 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I missed the game
So I have to make up my quota.
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure if it's true or not but
I read on the ESPN message board that Lincecum got into a fight with Velez “about 5 seconds after entering the clubhouse after the game”.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 2:35 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to see him in a fight
I picture him with a hand on his head batting at someone while screaming, “Mom, he is HURTING ME!”
Who is Velez by the way, and what did he do?*
(*I am baseball dumb person)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Never mind
I used google fu.
Wow. I want to see that fight!
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Giants left fielder
Did Tim hit Velez with a left, and then remember that the hand was bruised?
"Besides, you two shouldn't fight! You're best friends, I would imagine. You can't let a bunch of talking dogs in space helmets ruin that."
by kishi on Sep 19, 2008 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Velez
looks like he’s only like 18, too.
Isn’t this a hate crime?
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Velez
was the LF who misplayed Upton’s line drive that turned into an RBI triple.
I can see why Lincecum would be upset about that, although it’s not really a very good idea as a teammate. He should be more upset at Bochy for putting a minor league infielder in the outfield.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two young guys going at it
Kind of like when Randy got all ticked off at Gonzo that time going down into the tunnel. Now that I would have liked to have seen.
by TwinnerA on Sep 19, 2008 2:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If only soco were awake
He has a gif of some basketball player going buck wild after a game that is pretty perfect.
I saw Michelle Timms (female basketball player) flip out on a ref on the way off the court. That was amusing AND educational. She was Austrailian and I was 11, I learned new phrases my mother was pleased about. :)
What a crazy random happenstance!
by mrssoco on Sep 19, 2008 2:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Headline on ESPN.com right now:
“Dunn’s 4 RBI’s power D-Backs.”
Uhhhh…okay.
by Azreous on Sep 19, 2008 2:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The game was too boring,
so they made up their own game.
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by DbacksSkins on Sep 19, 2008 3:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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