Thursday Playoff Thread
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 11:46 AM EDT
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So, our NL Central brethren failed to represent yesterday. The Brewers were shutdown by Cole Hamels. It could have been nerves, or it could just be that Cole Hamels is a badass, even if he is named after a Tom Cruise character. The Cubs did what the Cubs do. That should be no surprise to anyone, except maybe me since I picked them to sweep this series. My favorite part of last night was the astonishment from the announcers that Ryan Dempster could walk so many hitters. That's the 41st time in his career that he has walked more than 5 batters. That's Ryan Dempster. He is who we thought he is.
I'm looking forward to watching the Rays play. I'm disappointed that they are the afternoon game since I have to sit through HIPAA training like I do every year, but I should be able to catch a few innings. Plus it'll be fun to see Griffey taking in the playoff experience. I'm of the mindset that I don't care who wins that series, as long as the winner goes to the World Series. In fact, that's kind of how I feel about the Brewers-Phillies series as well. Which all but guarantees that we'll see a Dodgers-Angels series. Yawn.
If you are not all into this playoff stuff and are just hoping for a shread of Reds information, well Doug has been thinking about Drew Stubbs. No mention of Stubbs's chances at winning the NL Cy Young this year though...
And Shawn has been reviewing the season (SPOILER ALERT: they sucked). You can see what he says about the offense, pitching, and defense all at his site.
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Now hitting leadoff,
the catcher, No. 11, Thundering Turtle. Turtle.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Oct 2, 2008 12:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
number 11 in your program number 1 in your heart
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
computer geek
i thought it was, “Number 11 in your program = number 3 in your heart.”
by bbjones on Oct 2, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are 10 types of people in this world......
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 3, 2008 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those who understand geeky catchphrases and those who don't?
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 3, 2008 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I married an axe murderer
do i get bonus points?
by chandrathan on Oct 3, 2008 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For marrying an axe murderer?
No, we don’t award bonus points for that.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 3, 2008 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have decided what I want Walt to do this offseason.
Trade for Jake Peavy.
‘Huh, WTF? Our rotation is already awesome’
Yeah, well Jake would make it even awesomer. Imagine Cueto as our No. 5. Now imagine doing two chicks at the same time. Yep, just as I expected, boner before you even read about the two chicks.
‘San Diego would never trade Peavy, and if they did, it would take a huge haul.’
A competent owner would never trade Peavy. But when an owner is going through a crappy divorce and the wifey is trying to get half of everything, you take drastic payroll measures, i.e. even thinking about not picking up B.Giles option. Sure it would wipe out the farm, think six-seven of our top prospects. But we would have Peavy under contract for four years. Our team is young already, we could just plug the holes with free agents.
by jacob brumfield on Oct 2, 2008 12:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
two problems
Peavy has a full no trade clause until 2010 and Kevin Towers is a good GM. But thanks for the stiffy.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Towers is a good GM...
….thats why he will give him two chicks to drop the clause.
by jacob brumfield on Oct 2, 2008 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Assuming Kevin Towers is a millionaire... I think he could hook that up.
Chicks dig dudes with money.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not all chicks
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the type of chicks that would double up on a dude like Kevin Towers would.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The smoking hot guest judge on Project Runway last night?
That was Harvey Weinstein’s wife. Case closed.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
She has sharp knees
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 2, 2008 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not for much longer
they’ll grind down soon.
Vote Pops in '08. I promise nothing and I'll do it!
by Pops Daniels on Oct 2, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
she has a thing for bowties.
I think we overmeet as a society.
by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
cincinnati bowties?
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wanted to know if this was a thing, so I went to urbandictionary.com
Turns out it’s about five things, and they are all horrible. Just what are they teaching you in Cuba/ONU?
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i actually picked that up from the unrated version of the 40 year old virgin
At the end of February you can add Argentina to the list. Unfortunaly I will be out of the country for opening day, but I will be back just in time to go to the Reds Indians Series in Cleveland.
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
I was thinking “how horrible could it be?”. The answer? Really, really horrible.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
can we put it in the wiki?
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i thought the first one was horrible
but they successively got more and more horrible as it went along.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the one involving the tracheal hole wasn't so bad
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
we can't help our fetishes
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you've actually done that, you're my new favorite RR
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it was her idea really
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
being the legal guardian of an invalid
can also come in handy sometimes, re: the last one
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2008 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
giggity giggity
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
sometimes?
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peavey
I heard someone (Kurkjian?) the other day all but guaranteeing the Padres will try to move Peavey this offseason. The thinking is whoever loses out on CC can make a strong play for him. Since he’s locked up for a few years (at a few years ago market rate) he should command a lot.
by Red Menace on Oct 2, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
two chicks at the same time?
When most guys can’t even handle one?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
funny how none of the studs
responded to you, lol
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that's why you get two girls
they can handle each other
by chandrathan on Oct 2, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But couldn't they do that without you?
This place is like a sexy preschool.
by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't tell them
they’ll never figure it out!
by chandrathan on Oct 2, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think some women have already figured this out.
This place is like a sexy preschool.
by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't get it.
This place is like a sexy preschool.
by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean...
…the ones who are Lebanese?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Peavy rumors, per Rosenthal
The Padres likely will wait to explore the trade market for right- hander Jake Peavy until after Sabathia, Burnett and Lowe sign their free-agent contracts. As each new deal is signed, Peavy’s deal will look even more reasonable.
Peavy is signed for $56 million over the next four seasons, with a $22 million option or $4 million buyout for 2013. He holds a full no-trade clause through 2010, and the Padres would need to consult with his agent, Barry Axelrod, to determine the teams to which Peavy would approve a trade.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8634130/Could-this-series-impact-Vlad’s-future-in-Anaheim?
by ken on Oct 3, 2008 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The AL JayHova goes yard, 1-0 Rays
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Drew Stubbs = 2012 Cy Young Award Winner
by dougdirt on Oct 2, 2008 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We drafted Stubbs
We could have drafted Tim Lincecum instead. Tim Lincecum has a good shot at winning the NL Cy Young this season. What are Drew Stubbs’s odds of doing the same?
…is what Slyde was getting at.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lol
No, I understood what he was saying. I understand not taking Timmy at the time. It looks poor now, but certainly made sense at the time to me.
Oh, and yeah, Longoria is still really good at baseball.
by dougdirt on Oct 2, 2008 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not me
I called Lincecum before the draft that year.
Have i said that before?!?
by obc2 on Oct 2, 2008 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you may have
Good call by you, but I have to ask….. given his terrible walk numbers in college, did you ever expect him to hone those in so quickly?
by dougdirt on Oct 2, 2008 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
look, that dog has a poofy tail....
Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers
by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2008 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unbelievable.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Teams that score 50% of their funs from HRs don't go to the playoffs
oh wait…..
www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com
by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 3:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
funs=runs
www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com
by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Runs are fun!
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 2, 2008 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Longoria hit a homer?
Bruce would have hit 2 already
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 3:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Just hit his second
which is like Bruce hitting 5
www.crosleyfieldterrace.wordpress.com
by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bruce will have his chance to top it next year.
It’ll be the “Reasonable Doubt” to Longoria’s “Illmatic”
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dickie V
is being interviewed by the Rays’ announcers right now.
Evan Longoria is a diaper dandy and a PTPer!!
by ken on Oct 2, 2008 3:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Can somebody help me out?
In the mid-90’s ESPN’s college basketball promos featured Vitale in a fake sitcom called Hoops Malone. George Gervin played his next door neighbor and his family included an alien puppet named O’Hoolix. I can’t find those videos anywhere. Actually I found an advertising industry site that has them behind a pay wall. Can anyone flex their google skills?
by Red Menace on Oct 2, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I googled "O'Hoolix" and it asked me if I meant "o'holic"
Google knows me better than I know (hic!) myself.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"o'holic"
strikes me as a vaguely offensive term for an Irishman. But that may just be me.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2008 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
offensive, appropriate...
you say potato, I say famine…
Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers
by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2008 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I won
http://www.redreporter.com/2008/9/28/623596/game-162-reds-at-cardinals#comments
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Shenanigans, Brendan used his shiny new utility belt to close the thread, I think.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 3:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Behold the Iron Fist of your new administrative overlords, Red Reporters!
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what are you thanking him for?
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gentle iron fisting
is why I picked ’nukkah to help out with the, uh, adminning.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you have nice abs
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you have a nice fanny
pack
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Slyde, your utility belt looks like a purse
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It has a place for everything except his dignity
pts.
Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers
by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2008 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it is his murse
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice ballet slippers, 'nukkah
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Oct 2, 2008 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Two can play that game.
There’s really nothing stopping me from re-opening the thread, posting last, and re-closing it… hmmmm
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i dont think i like you guys as admins
youve changed
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For the record, I didn't do that
I’m just sayin’.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Charlie, would you like to be "Last"
I can make it happen, for the right price.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ive got a Clark bar in my desk...
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You only look at me differently
after I showed you my genitals gentile side.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
genitals side?
your mom told me it was only two dimensional
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
absolute power
corrupts absolutely
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evan Longoria
is flat out awesome
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
nuh uh
you have to go the other way to be flat out awesome. He’s just awesome.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
20 minutes and no “go the other way” jokes? You disappoint me, RR.
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 2, 2008 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You were expecting one thing
But we went the other way.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Joe Maddon quotes Camus
Dusty Baker quotes Bazooka Joe
Gallant helps his elderly neighbor cross the street safely
Goofus helps his drug dealing neighbor cross the border safely
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but who would rather have a beer with?
(if it were spiked with strychnine)
Kentuck Arts Festival: October 18th.
Details at Sinful Savage Tigers
by Man Mountain on Oct 2, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
now, when I think of Dusty Baker
I think of the Watchmen trailer.
“The world [i.e. Cincinnati] will look up and shout ‘save us’. And I’ll whisper, ‘no’.”
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2008 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's not be comparing Dusty to Watchmen
/still clutching at the vague hope that the movie won’t be absolute shit.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm reading it for the first time right now
by Red Menace on Oct 2, 2008 6:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watchmen
I never got into comics as a kid and hadn’t read any graphic novels (I did thumb completely through 300 in a bookstore after seeing the movie, but I never even sat down so I wasn’t really involved).
I’m digging it so far (I’m about halfway through). I struggled a little with the medium early on. I didn’t like the font in the text bubbles hitting certain notes. I have some training in film and stage writing where that’s frowned upon. Rorschach’s deadpan was well done, but the ‘bolding’ of certain words reminding me too much of your typical internet forum nut. Anyway I got past that. I appreciate the cinematic evocations in the frame transitions.
So much of Watchmen is about the very idea of superheroes that I keep getting the feeling that I’m missing out on meta- themes and commentary. Clearly many of the characters are based to some degree on existing characters. I can sense that if I were more fluent in the medium this text would be the pinnacle. I really like postmodern film making so I can see an alternate me (let’s call him Red Menace-sub-negative-one) eating it up with a spoon.
Is Tale of the Black Freighter a Watchmen conceit? I would very much like to read it. I like the apocalyptic feeling and the use of background signage to advance the narrative and sense of place (reminds me of Children of Men and Idiocracy recently).
I’ve left off where Rorschach is getting psychoanalized and Doctor Manhattan is building his sweet pad on Mars. . .
by Red Menace on Oct 3, 2008 12:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Laurie's confrontation of Jon on Mars might be the highlight for me
The heroes from Watchmen are based off of older heroes from a DC imprint. But the progression that happens is symbolic of where comics were at various points in history. At first, it just seems like a natural thing to do, to dress up in a costume and fight crime. In the 1950’s, “Seduction of the Innocent” was published, and then Watchmen begins to examine the motivating factors for becoming a “costumed adventurer.” The dirt behind the sheen. Obviously, the Comedian is a very prominent manifestation of the role of a superhero, as well as the mentality of the country.
In the 1960’s, a new wave of superheros takes over, only they’re more neurotic and hardline in their methods and amoral in their philosophies. Whereas Nite Owl I might have taken out one of Moloch’s henchmen with his killer left hook, Dr. Manhattan is content to explode his head. This is basically the Marvel philosophy.
And then the world gets bigger, the problems get larger, and there are two points of authority, both of which are leaning towards fascism. Do you become a hero to aid society, or do you do it because you are compelled?
Tale of the Black Freighter is original to Watchmen, but again suggests where comics might have gone if superheros were a reality. Comics weren’t always about heros. Horror tales, romance, and westerns were hugely popular, and Black Freighter suggests that pirates would have become a hit. But you’re also absolutely right in that it reflects on the other story and general mood and atmosphere. One of the more subtle things about Watchmen is that it never uses any thought bubbles. We only get exposition through the artwork, dialog, and Rorshach’s journal, and the Black Freighter story installs that apocalyptic feeling (which is about as dead-on a description as possible). Neil Gaiman would later rip off this technique of adding an unrelated story in the middle of another story arc to reflect back on the original story with all of his Sandman tales.
There’s just so much detail in Watchmen. And reading it now when they’re fretting over Afghanistan so much is a grim reminder that we haven’t fully outstripped the concerns of the mid-80’s.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 1:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
interesting
Really, no thought bubbles? I feel like some of Doctor Manhattan’s stuff was equivalent, but I’ll have to check it again. Anyways that’s interesting.
Although I was never into comics I was intrigued when I heard about Red Son, which presupposed that Superman landed in Soviet Russia. I was always interested in the fortuitousness of the unstoppable hero dedicating himself to the American Way. It feels like Dr Manhattan’s storyline touches on those same things (and Watchmen did it first I recognize).
by Red Menace on Oct 3, 2008 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, the interstitial literature is really good stuff
You might not have gotten to it yet, but there’s an article in there (written for the comic) called something like, “Super Man Exists, and He’s American!”
Red Son is pretty good, although I think my favorite Superman story was Superman For All Seasons. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale do great work. Their Batman stories (“Long Halloween” and “Dark Victory”) should not be missed. They helped to greatly inform the Christopher Nolan Batman films. They also did a Catwoman miniseries (“When In Rome”) that makes Catwoman sexy as hell.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 1:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you too?
i picked it a few weeks ago in preparation of the upcoming film. im about half way through right now.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
its good so far
Rorshach is my kinda guy. my favorite part is the intro to Dr Manhattan where his supernatural abilities cause stress in his relationship. it was exactly the way you think normal day-to-day things would be for a superhero. i’ll finish it first and then tel you what i really think.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not how I heard it
Goofus steals money from his parents to buy marijuana
Gallant grows his own in the basement
by bbjones on Oct 2, 2008 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait a minute
the Sox are starting DeWayne Wise and Ken Griffey and they have Griffey playing CF? i have to say, ive been impressed with the way the old man has been holding his own out there, but thats nuts. i mean, Wise is no prize, but at least he has legs.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
rec'd for
“Wise is no prize”
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
They were saying that earlier in the game when Iwamura got his triple. Griffey didn’t get to it quickly and made a poor throw to the infield. He just doesn’t belong in center anymore.
Meanwhile, the parade of ex-Reds continues with Grant Balfour working out of a bases loaded jam.
by ken on Oct 2, 2008 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i need a nice warm drink i can make in the crock pot
alcoholic of course.
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 4:59 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
WTF?
Rec’d for ingenuity, but don’t you have a blender dude?
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 2, 2008 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
also...
incapable of drinking out of the bottle, eh?
I think we overmeet as a society.
by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i want to make something warm
i want ot have a get togeather this weekend, fire up the grill on my deck for warmth, maybe roast some sorta marshmellow, and i would like a warm drink to have.
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mulled wine
is good for people without balls
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 2, 2008 6:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are the Reds losing yet?
I think we overmeet as a society.
by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 5:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
we defeated communism in the 80's
son
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rays win
Maybe it true, it was being named after the devil that was their problem…
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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 5:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
They have pretty much the same players they’ve always had. Along with a few that were picked off the trash heaps of other AL East teams.
And I have to say, that Axe chocolate commercial is really creepy. Strange species, those adolescent boys…
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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 5:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I believe that's a chocolate golem
Well, a lot of the Rays success has come from the players they’ve drafted from having such shitty seasons beforehand, and they’ve just now matured to being quite good. Sort of like how the Tigers were cover your eyes awful in 2005, then kept the same pitchers and went to the World Series in 2006. And every now and then, a castoff can become gold. Harken back to David Ortiz’s early career.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They've had great draft picks for a long time, though
I always wondered how a team with so many good players could do so poorly.
From last to first in one year is pretty impressive. Especially in the AL East, where they’re outspent by everyone.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Evil?
This is my 6666th comment!
And, uh, how’s the game?
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by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 6:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The wife beater worked a walk
off Sabathia.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Walks will haunt
CC and the Brewers after giving up a Grand Slam
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 6:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, when I did a GIS on "walks will haunt"
One of our game threads came up as the top hit. Well done all around.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just did a GIS for "haunts will walk"
and was about to call you a liar. Instead I will call myself a dyslexic.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 2, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Haunts will walk
sounds like a nasty old meth whore.
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 3, 2008 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Phillies
keep CCing runs.
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by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 7:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
While watching episodes of the office to avoid work...
I get the feeling that whoever does the ads for charities on hulu.com doesn’t spend too much time on them:
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by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 7:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Does Myers have something on the sleeve of his glove hand?
watch him rub it
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn't see it. He's done now.
Probably the same “dirt” that Kenny Rodgers had on his hand a few years ago
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HIs sleeve was considerably darker than the other one
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
stupid hitting
standing in as the tying run he swings at the first pitch and gets sawed off.
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ball game
Phillies up 2 with a 5-2 win.
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by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 9:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That was one of the hardest debates to watch....ever.
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 10:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
did Palin say anything?
like anything at all?
Does she have any substance?
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 2, 2008 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
She's all for joe-six pack and hockey moms
but you’ll have to watch the debate in full to see. I don’t think she did. Used a lot of perky, cheerleader type phrases and used “maverick” about 50 times.
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who won?
I’ve been watching baseball. Didn’t even remember the debate was on, to tell you the truth.
I am so uninterested in politics this year it’s not even funny. Usually I’m really into it, but with the crapstorm I see headed our way…I don’t think it matters who’s sitting in the Oval Office. And I feel sorry for whoever it is, because he’s going to be in way over his head.
Jerome a Paris thinks the bailout will be a massive failure, and banks will have to be nationalized…probably before the election.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Palin was good at first and I think it threw Biden off a bit
but he rebounded in the second half and really finished strong. I would say Biden but only because of a strong closing. Not a blowout like people expected.
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for the report
I kinda figured it might go that way. Palin was considered a good debater in Alaska.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They both did okay
Nothing special. Nothing memorable. And they’re not at the top of the ticket, so it probably doesn’t matter. At the very least, neither hurt their ticket.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really thought Biden kicked some ass
And I won our house’s game of Palin Bingo when she tossed out “National Guard” pretty casually.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 2, 2008 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought so as well.
Me and my friend played a revised version of one of the many debate drinking games out there, basically drinking every time Palin said “maverick”. Needless to say, everyone was a winner in this game.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 2, 2008 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One thing I thought he did well was trying to push things off script for Palin
There were a couple of instances where he brought up ideas that seemed unusual or on topics that were out of nowhere – though I can’t remember them right now. In those cases you could see that Palin was searching for a way to respond from her stock answers. I think her camp had her so afraid to wander out on her own that it was a detriment to her (or maybe it wasn’t if she can’t handle going out on her own). To her credit though, she didn’t take the bait from Biden. She stuck to the points that she felt comfortable with and she mostly did it without any awkward pauses. Then again, she is starting to make the rambling answer her trademark.
As they said on 538.com, I don’t think we’ll hear much about this debate after today. There weren’t any major flubs, so there won’t be much to talk about after Congress starts fighting over the bailout again.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 3, 2008 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At one point early in the debate,
Biden challenged her to actually answer the question pending. Palin stood tall and said something like “I’m not going to answer the question in the way you or the moderator want me to.” It’s a ridiculous reply because many of her answers were irrelevant, but she sounded assertive and truthy. Like a Norris Hopper at-bat, she didn’t try to do too much and stuck to what she knew.
Her reply to the question about whether the VP’s office exists outside of the Executive Branch was way off-base (she talked about her executive experience), but it was an arcane Constitutional question and I don’t know how many people really cared about it. The funniest off-topic answers from both came towards the end when they were asked to identify their achilles heel, a BS question Ifill made worse by suggesting that it was either a lack of experience for Palin and a lack of discipline for Biden. Again, Palin simply talked about her executive experience without alluding to any weakness. Biden replied that some talk about his “excessive passion.” He may as well have said “I’m a workaholic” or “I push myself too hard.”
Palin also smartly set a civil tone right from the start, which made it harder for Biden to be combattive (which he should’ve tried anyways, imho). She asked to call him Joe when they shook hands and she made an early comment about respecting his record. Overall, it went as well as she could’ve hoped.
by ken on Oct 3, 2008 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"So you see, my weaknesses are actually my strengths"
It was kind of a chilling moment when Palin suggested expanding the VP’s powers though. Cheney tried this with frightening results, and even though he’s an evil mastermind, he’s at least some kind of mastermind. Giving Palin expanded powers would have been like Cooter patrolling Hazard County in an Abrams tank.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It is scary,
though she’s going to need some practice in case the hooded guy with the scythe makes an appointment with her boss.
by ken on Oct 3, 2008 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That scares me.
If she did become President if something happened to McCain, can you imagine her trying the hockey mom stuff with foreign leaders?
“Listen Ahmadinejad, you’re really trying to put a cross-check on America, buddy. I’m a maverick and I’m not going to stand for this. My son, Track, got a 5 minute major for something like this, friendo.”
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Oct 3, 2008 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Especially tough for her
when he starts talking “”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLvZIYSJJG8" target="new">naughty."
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 3, 2008 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not sure how that got f'ed up
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 3, 2008 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You have two quotes at the front
/nerd’d
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 3, 2008 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cooter was in Congress
and he was a damn fine representative of dirty-bellies everywhere.
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 3, 2008 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neither side did much to reach out to independents
but they both did a good job of giving their base more confidence in their abilities.
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 3, 2008 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It would have been a mistake to be combative, IMO
Generally, it doesn’t go well for male politicians who are combative with female politicians. They look like bullies, picking on a girl. It’s not fair, but it’s true. Lazio cut his own throat in the debate with Hillary by being too confrontational.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 3, 2008 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's awesome if you actually played that
She obviously had no expectations whatsoever, and did fine. Will fire up the conservative base and get McCain maybe 1 point closer nationally. Biden turned in a damn fine performance though, not messing up at all. I guess really, not all that surprising, as Slyde said. I’m pumped though. The Big Guy’s going to be in my area at my old high school on Sunday. Getting to meet him will totally make up for the death threats out here.
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by chesirecat on Oct 2, 2008 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where's he going on Sunday?
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by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I see.
Last weekend I was in Asheville, and he was in Greensboro. This weekend, he’s in Asheville.
FINE. BE that way.
You went to Asheville High, eh?
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by Gray on Oct 3, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ah yes
The fightin’ Cougars. Least accomplished Track team Captain in school history
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by chesirecat on Oct 3, 2008 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Asheville High School
Doing debate prep in Asheville over the weekend.
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by chesirecat on Oct 3, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice place to spend the weekend.
This place is like a sexy preschool.
by Gray on Oct 3, 2008 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i saw him at invesco
so i win
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 3, 2008 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd agree with your sentiment, Brendan.
I don’t think it was a blowout, but I got annoyed when she didn’t want to answer the questions and would say, “Well, that’s a great question, but I want to go back to the environment…” I guess I thought you were supposed to answer the question that was posed.
And is the entire Republican party told to pronounce “nuclear” as “nuke u ler”?
Maverick maverick maverick!
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by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Oct 3, 2008 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i thought it was odd
when she pronounced it correctly once or twice and then "corrected’ herself. very strange.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 3, 2008 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
She's just a folksy hockey mom, they don't worry about Nuke u ler weapons in Wasilla.
"Yes, and it's so important in this sport that the athletes be able to train in the same location." -Cynthia Potter, NBC Synchronized Diving Analyst
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Oct 3, 2008 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
I found myself falling easily into hate with her. I find that folksy shit distasteful. It’s as if intelligence is a detriment to the way Americans view candidates and so they do the worst kind of patronizing. Fuck that “Aw shucks” bit. I want a leader to be smarter than me (not that difficult to be sure). And BTW, Sarah, most Americans couldn’t give a shit less about hockey.
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 3, 2008 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed.
I thought the pandering to the common person by staring into the camera and saying “I want to talk directly to the American people” instead of answering the question was downplaying the issues and a distraction tactic.
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by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Oct 3, 2008 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well,
if you go to a youth soccer game this weekend and talk to those parents on the sideline, you might get a different perspective.
by ken on Oct 3, 2008 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or go to a professional soccer game!
The LA Galaxy is playing Columbus at Crew Stadium on Saturday. The two leading MVP candidates – Landon Donovan and Guillermo Barros Schelloto – will both be there, as well as David Beckham. The Crew is the best team in MLS this year, and the Galaxy has one of the best offenses. They also have the worst defense, so you should see a lot of good soccer and goals aplenty.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soccer
is the Green Party of pro-sports! Just kidding ’nukkah.
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 3, 2008 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really felt like I was being condescended to whenever she spoke
Dubya had his smirk whenever he answered questions, that suggested you were a dumbass for even asking him a question in the first place. Palin has a passive aggressive mom vibe going where she smiles at you while telling you what you’ve done wrong. It really irked me.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So...
has anyone been checking out www.fivethirtyeight.com? It’s a take on polls and electoral projections by Nate Silver of Baseball Prospectus. It’s great for people who have never actually watched a candidate speak but love the data that is generated.
And things were very sunny in Philly tonight. I’m just getting my post-sunny buzz on, but unfortunately I have no time-shifted Office to watch thanks to the debates. What to do? If anyone wants to engage in some tipsy RedReportering they need only encourage me.
by Red Menace on Oct 3, 2008 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
538 is an awesome site
Been following it a lot. I wish I had HDNet so I could watch Nate on election night do his thing. A very cool interview with Rather.
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 3, 2008 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank god for hulu with The Office and IASIP
Yeah I agree with you both on 538. Very well done, and it appeals very much to my inner stat nerd, though I think the trends often make for overly drastic swings in #s.
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by chesirecat on Oct 3, 2008 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm alive!
And it’s blowing your minds!
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is funny
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 3, 2008 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I found this interesting
I vaguely remember it, as international finance news was hard to come by in central KY as a teenager.
How Sweden Solved Its Bank Crisis
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 3, 2008 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could go along with that
The problem is that it would cause an awful lot of short-term pain. Not the thing our lily-livered politicians want to do, especially right before an election.
This guy is a London banker who got to listen in on the Treasury briefing. He thinks the bailout is a terrible idea. Downright corrupt, even. He argues that the point is not to save the economy, but to enrich the wealthy and connected.
Clearly what is going on here has nothing to do with kick starting the credit markets or stabilising the equity markets or restoring depositor confidence in banks. (Treasury official: "No provision in the legislation that mandates re-lending.") What is going on here is a blatant attempt to provide government funds to a select cadre of firms (not all banks) which are chosen to be the survivors feasting off the carcasses of their less fortunate and less well-connected brethren as the downturn intensifies in the years to come.
The crash in equities will still happen. The debt deflation of the economy leading to mass commercial and consumer credit defaults will still happen. The collapse of many national, regional and local financial institutions will still happen. The bankruptcy of many municipalities and shortfalls in state budgets will still happen.
This bill is about engineering survivor bias to friends of the Bush administration so that they profit disproportionately from the collapse of these markets using the funds provided by the taxpayer via the unreviewable and unconditional authority of the Secretary of the Treasury.
And now it’s passed, and signed…and it’s not working.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Stocks slumped Friday, as a brutal week ended with President Bush signing the historic $700 billion bailout plan after weeks of contentious debate.
Credit markets remained frozen, despite the vote, with two measures of bank jitters rising to record highs.
I’m spitting mad about this. I will not be voting for anyone who supported this looting of the country.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 3, 2008 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the debate was just a soundtrack to the tiny PIP baseball game
Was that Casey Blake or Blake Dewitt who cleared the bases? A mi no me importa. I also amused myself by flipping back and forth from High Def channels and standard definition. Both candidates looked pretty good in blurry low def. In High Def Palin’s neck and upper chest were frightfully aged and Biden needed a sky cap to help him with those bags under his eyes.
by Red Menace on Oct 2, 2008 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
biden seems a little bit not sober in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TBNeNHHXEY
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 3, 2008 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Sarah Palin were to suggest that the NL Central's reward is in heaven
well, I might believe her.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i got so angry when she said that
not because im anti-religion, but because thats such a pathetic response to the problem of why so many people in this country are getting ripped off. are your wages lower than your contemporaries? dont worry! your reward is in heaven. do you work really hard and still struggle to feed your family? dont worry! your reward is in heaven. have you worked your whole life giving part of your paycheck to medicare and social security only to see those programs fail to support you like they supported your parents? dont worry! your reward is in heaven. and you’ll be there sooner than you think.
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 3, 2008 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sarah's like that old Merle Haggard song
“I’m proud to ba a yokel from Wasilla”
Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.
by Madville on Oct 3, 2008 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually...
…that’s kind of the point of “state religions.” Which Christianity is, or at least was.
There’s an old joke about Native Americans. “How do you find the chief of the village?” Answer: You look for the poorest man. The reason is because in small tribes, the way you gain power is to give things to people. So the chief was the poorest man, because he’d given away all his possessions.
In larger societies, this because impossible. There’s simply not enough to go around. So they start telling you that you’ll get your reward in the afterlife…if you’re good now, of course.
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by BubbaFan on Oct 4, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok Dodgers, let's get some Runs!
or at least tack on a few more to make this a little more comfortable
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 10:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Manny being Manny
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by BubbaFan on Oct 2, 2008 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Manny F'n Ramirez
holy freakin crap!
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by xjjeep90 on Oct 2, 2008 10:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
anyone been over to bleed cubbie blue?
Hope Springs Eternal! Go Reds
by Caleb on Oct 2, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
should we call suicide watch?
"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling
by Slyde on Oct 2, 2008 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll stop in when they finally lose
just to congratulate them. ’Cause what is a Cun fan without losing, really? They have to be reassured by it by now.
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by Pops Daniels on Oct 3, 2008 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So, um.
The Dodgers-Cubs game isn’t very close.
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by Gray on Oct 2, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
so, funny story from last night...
I kept this window and Justin’s “Cincinnati Bowtie” window tabbed open and together in firefox all day, along with a bunch of other stuff. I had to give a talk for work with a friend (female) of mine that evening, and I convinced her to come by and I’d throw together some dinner that night.
We get here, my friend checks her e-mail while I start cooking. She comes into the kitchen in like, 10 minutes and says “oh, uh, I forgot, I told my roomate I’d eat with her” and bounces. When I get back to my room, I see that the “Cincinnati Bowtie” tab is the one visible.
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...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 3, 2008 12:28 PM EDT reply actions 6 recs
seriuosly?
wow
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 3, 2008 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i dont know which i funnier
the fact that she read that and took off or the look on her face when you explain it to her today:
“you see Margaret, i spend most of my time blogging about baseball on this website called Red Reporter. its great fun, and the people are really clever and smart and funny and its really a good community of Reds fans. and well, one of the guys made a reference to "cincinnati bowties” so i looked it up on urban dictionary and i was like “oh so totally gross!” but i guess i just forgot to close the tab when i was done reading it. so you see, im not really a sexual deviant. honest! so whuddaya say, wanna have dinner with me again?"
“Margaret?”
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 3, 2008 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think Cy is leaving out a crucial part of the story
She only left after he was trying to lodge a Matzoh ball in her throat and brandishing a Bic pen saying, “Here comes the tracheotomy machine, entering below the blockage!”
Prude.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 3, 2008 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
thats anti-semitic!
"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 3, 2008 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
REC'D!!!!!!!!!!!
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 3, 2008 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey now,
it’s a little bit larger than a bic pen…
…which is more than Sweatervest can say, appparently.
And anyways, I’m pretty sure you described a deleted scene from American Psycho
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by Cy Schourek on Oct 3, 2008 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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