Monday Morning Link Dump
Did you watch that Sox-Rays game last night? Nothing in sports is more exciting than a game 7 win or go home - except maybe a hot female streaker with a political agenda. Well, if you did watch, this guy thinks that will likely be the last game you watch this season. Personally, I'm more interested in this Series than I have been in the last couple of years. I just hope it goes more than 4 games since I'll be out of town over the weekend and will likely miss games 3 and 4.
Some other stuff that I found on the internets while trying to avoid political talk:
- The Reds' Hall of Fame is trying to keep fan interest during the off-season with a series of more intimate events like the meet-and-greet of Tom Browning last week. Next month Goose Gossage and Brooks Robinson will be featured guests in an event on November 14th. And they are also adding a bunch of new exhibits during the off-season in an attempt to sell more annual memberships, which also gets you into the National National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. As always, if you haven't been to the Reds Hall of Fame, it really is well done and is worth the price of admission.
- Redsland has pretty much gone into hibernation during the playoffs, but that isn't stopping Doug Gray from churning out some good content. Last week he gave us his top 40 prospects in the Reds' system (here's #1-10) and then on Saturday he posted an interview with the #4 guy on his list, Todd Frazier. Doug puts a lot of effort into his site and it's an excellent resource for all things regarding the Reds minor leagues. You should be checking it out regularly if you aren't locked in a Turkish prison.
- If the Reds decide to go with a platoon in LF, I wouldn't mind taking a chance on Jonny Gomes against LHP. He was awful this past year, but that could make him real cheap.
- For those of you who haven't read Moneyball yet, at this point you may just want to wait for the movie. Brad Pitt is rumored to be involved, but no word yet on who is going to be play of the female lead of Paul Depodesta.
- Hey, it's the off-season, time to talk about Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame. Nolan Ryan did:
“I personally think when you walk into the Hall of Fame and you see all the records on the wall there and Pete’s in the top five in practically every record except home runs, I think he should have a plaque up there,” Ryan said.
Yep, he should be in. But he shouldn't.
*snip*
“I really think that when Pete lied about his gambling on baseball and then when he did come out with his book and kind of ho-hummed it like it wasn’t any big deal, that he didn’t bet on Cincinnati so why is everyone in such an up roar about it, I think that that was kind of the final nail in the coffin as far as him ever getting in,” Ryan said. - How many of you can relate to this during the workday?
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There will be no more porno in baseball.
"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 20, 2008 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i noticed that in the commercial
they removed all references to sex and pornography from the trailer. the new trailer makes the film look like a clever cute little date movie romantic comedy with that dude from Knocked Up. competely different vibe than the raunchy, envelope-pushing movie that it is. i hope it tanks. i hate Kevin Smith.
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know i learned something today
charlie scrabbles kinda sucks!
How could you root against Seth Rogen?
by chandrathan on Oct 20, 2008 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know what?
YOU suck ’tHan!!
i normally like Seth Rogen, but anytime you ally yourself with the likes of Kevin Smith you ought to know you have it coming.
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What, because Kevin Smith's never made a good movie?
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Oct 20, 2008 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i saw Dogma and Chris Rock was good
the rest made me drowsy
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
who do you like then?
you probably think Woody Allen movies are great
by chandrathan on Oct 20, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Woody Allen IS great sucka!
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i tricked you into agreeing with me!
I love woody allen movies!
by chandrathan on Oct 20, 2008 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i enjoy 1970s woody allen
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 20, 2008 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh nooooo!!!!
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that'll do it
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about clerks? And mallrats? And dogma, I guess.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Oct 20, 2008 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nope.
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do either of you...
…suck as much a carwash vacuum?
If so, there’s a man in Michigan who might be interested in a date.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 20, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
'than sucks that much
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 20, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
when i have kids i want them to get rid of the bonor commericials
because those are all kinds of awkward. I won’t even care when they are little, because i mean a 3 year old doesn’t know what an errection is, but if i’m watching with my 12 year that, who just learned about errections from the Johnson boy, who i always tell him to stay away from, it would just be awkward.
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 20, 2008 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude
The boner medicine commercials wouldn’t rank in the top 5 awkward moments with my son. Parenting is fun!
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 20, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't be coy!
Let’s hear the top five!
This place is like a sexy preschool.
by Gray on Oct 20, 2008 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you there.
I think it’d be easier to explain porno to a 12-year old than boner pills. I just love how nobody has a problem with the boner pills or dudes who have problems pissing, but you can’t say porno in a commercial because it’s offensive.
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on Oct 20, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
we kinda have really fucked up social mores in this country, don’t we?
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 20, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
For those fretting about how the Reds can compete next season
it could be worse. We could be in the Red Sox position. What a failure of a season. (h/t The Book Blog)
"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 20, 2008 11:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Mike Freeman is a tool
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/11048241
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 20, 2008 11:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i didn't read the article
but from the headline i’ve decided he’s right
by chandrathan on Oct 20, 2008 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what do you know?
you hate baseball
"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 20, 2008 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you hate baseball
because you love stats, just ask Paul Daugherty.
"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"
by justin007000 on Oct 20, 2008 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is the headline? Stupid work blocks CBS Sportsline all year so we don't get any hopes up during March Madness
"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 20, 2008 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chandrathan Gets Off on Wicken Porn
"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 20, 2008 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Wicken? Wiccan?
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 20, 2008 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know how to spell "wiccan"?
HE’S A WITCH!! BURN THE WITCH!!
"If you don't get the President of the United States on that phone, you know what's gonna happen to you? You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
by Charlie Scrabbles on Oct 20, 2008 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I weigh the same as a duck
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 20, 2008 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ugh. Let's stop quoting the movie now.
Not that it isn’t great.
It just sort of tends to get out of hand.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Oct 20, 2008 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was gonna link to the xkcd where he talks about why you should never quote Monty Python
but, uh, I got discracted by this instead. But the one I was looking for is in there. And funny.
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 20, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Monty Python one is one of my favorites.
Man. I remember the day when someone told me about the rollover text. I had to go read the entire archives again.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Oct 20, 2008 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
run away - run away!
Sgt. McCAin and Sarah The Impaler don't scare me none.
by Madville on Oct 20, 2008 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn you
I’ll be busy for the foreseeable future, thanks. How did I miss the text?
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 20, 2008 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aha, make sure you've got the right firefox version/extension
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Oct 20, 2008 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
His point about Monty Python is well taken
but it’s especially fitting that the rollover anecdote is about Holy Grail. The vast majority of people who quote Holy Grail haven’t seen enough other MP.
by Red Menace on Oct 20, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No
"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 20, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice save!
nobody will ever figure it out, and it’ll be our little secret!
by chandrathan on Oct 20, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's all this then?
Freshen ya drink guvnah?
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 20, 2008 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wicken. No. Chicken.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Oct 20, 2008 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is what MLB has wrought by marketing two teams the majority of the time
"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 20, 2008 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Has any other professional sports league done this?
I’m thinking of times when there have been dynasties in the NFL or NBA that were heavily marketed, but that was just one team, and it was always a quest to find out who would oppose them.
But on any given day, there was always at least one headline on mlb.com (out of, what, five or six rotating?) dealing with the Yankees and Red Sox. MLB even seems to see other large market teams, like Philadelphia and LA, as afterthoughts.
I don’t get it.
This place is like a sexy preschool.
by Gray on Oct 20, 2008 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe Lakers-Celtics
but even then, they were in opposing leagues and there was a pretty good chance that one of the two would make it to the championship. It seems like the prevailing thought these days is that whoever comes out of the NL is uninteresting by definition – unless it’s the Cubs, but that’s never going to happen anyway.
"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 20, 2008 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, and this world series is the very reason that the NBA fixes its games
by chandrathan on Oct 20, 2008 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
good point
But I would argue that if you don’t find the Rays story to be interesting, then you don’t really like baseball as a sport. They are as close at Major League baseball will get to capturing the energy of March Madness.
"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 20, 2008 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Amen
I was listening to a lot of different sports talk this weekend while driving and the first response the prospect of a Rays-Phillies series was that no one’s going to watch it because it doesn’t have the right story lines.
I get why that’s a concern for marketers or programmers, but I wasn’t tuning into market research radio or viewing demographic radio. I wanted to hear about the games and the teams which I’ve been unable to see much of this postseason.
It’s frustrating how sports opining has slowly turned into one giant Nielsen ratings circle jerk*.
(*possibly bukkake)
Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.
by Man Mountain on Oct 20, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you see W's opening weekend numbers?
It better have legs. How bout that BHC?
by Red Menace on Oct 20, 2008 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barack Hussein Cobama?
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Oct 20, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nope,
Bleed Hubbie Clue
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on Oct 20, 2008 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NBC's "Football Night Night In America"
Is coming real close to making the jump.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2008 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moreover, they're hyping individual players rather than the team or the game.
People who have become fans of the big teams are fans of Jacoby or Big Papi or Jeter. It doesn’t translate well to watching a game between other teams.
Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.
by andromache on Oct 20, 2008 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be inclined to agree.
I probably wouldn’t have watched more than a game or so if the series was Boston v. Philly.
"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 20, 2008 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's outstanding
"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."
by jch24 on Oct 20, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
where is that?
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on Oct 20, 2008 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Someone at the OP
said it was DeVino’s in downtown Louisville.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 20, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's a thread about it
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 20, 2008 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hear that Bud Selig
has ruled the playoff results null and void. He has installed the Yankees and Red Sox in the World Series for the good of the game.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Oct 20, 2008 1:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
bud selig?
or buck martinez? they sound alike, ya know.
What do you mean, "blank slate"?
by boobs on Oct 20, 2008 5:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just have to say...
…Monday Night Football is pretty gawd-awful tonight.
Blowout game means the announcers are even more inane than usual.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 20, 2008 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In case prior evidence had not made this painfully obvious yet
That’s how Bowden learned he had squamous cell carcinoma — a type of skin cancer for which doctors recommended surgery within a month. Unwilling to abandon his job, even for a week, Bowden ignored the advice. He spent the second half of the season working as usual, and worrying in private about the growth on his forehead — and whether it was spreading.
Immediately after the season, Bowden had the cancer removed in a five-hour procedure conducted by Melbourne, Fla.-based surgeon Larry Bishop. Doctors removed the cancer-infected skin layer by layer, following its roots to the very bottom. Because he had delayed treatment, the cancer had spread to a second area of his forehead, but doctors were able to get it all.
"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 21, 2008 9:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I went to the Mutter Museum (imagine an umlaut)
And saw a woman who had a horn grow out of her head. I think that would be a good look for Leatherpants. Til aliens came and harvested his human horn.
by Brendanukkah on Oct 21, 2008 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, cool
Did you see the giant colon (no, not Bartolo), and the huge tapeworm, too?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Oct 22, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think I missed the tapeworm
But I definitely saw the colon. Pretty hard to miss it. Although I think the gift shop is missing out on a huge opportunity by not selling plush colon dolls. You could use it as a pillow!
by Brendanukkah on Oct 22, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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