Stupid people weigh in on the Freel trade

by The Crushinator on Dec 10, 2008 1:16 AM EST

I was mulling over the Farney trade while reading all of your very insightful comments, and then I thought, I wonder what stupid people think? These are the highlights I pulled off the reds message board.

-“Why would anyone care if the Reds trade Freel ? My wife was a little upset but then again she really doesn't care that he is always hurt and if the Reds win or loose.While he did put forth great effort when he was healthy sometimes that led to doubles and triples instead of singles in the field and getting thrown out stealing when the team didn't need a steal”.-anonymous

”… johnney cueto(who did amazing for a 22 year old rookie)and micah owings(a desent pitcher and batter) if you dont think thats a good rotation ur crazy and the reds got jeff keppinger(amasing hitter and defence) and alex gonzalas(got some pop and defense) i agree with you…” –anonymous

“HAHA! Freel is not that good, he just plays hard. Dunn was HORRIBLE. 230 average with 200 strikeouts.-anonymous

“Is he still going to be at reds fest....I liked him”- anonymous

“Way to go Walter. What a steal! Didn't even have to pull a gun on the rube.”-anonymous

Now Fay’s blog!

“ChampSummers's comment has been removed for violating the terms of service.”-Champ Summers

“I speak a little spanish. Maybe I can catch for the Reds.”- Redguy 25

“…Freel was worse than Corey Patterson.”

Do you think ESPN has stupid people? Let’s find out together!

“I thought the title said: Reds get Hernandez from Orioles for Free!”-pseudooxan

“World Series 2009: Orioles vs. Reds” –danielmiller19

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The stream of consciousness one and the Dunn hater one made me crack up.

Well done, crushinator

by chesirecat on Dec 10, 2008 2:32 AM EST reply actions

Is he still going to be at Redsfest?

:-)

by rojosoto on Dec 10, 2008 8:27 AM EST reply actions

I heard

that Farney wouldn’t waive his no trade clause, so he will be at Reds Fest.

by Joe Nolan's Glasses on Dec 10, 2008 8:54 AM EST reply actions

I'm a big Champ Summers fan

by jacob brumfield on Dec 10, 2008 9:17 AM EST reply actions

just one of 12 Reds players to hit a home run into the red seats, as I recall

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Dec 10, 2008 9:23 AM EST up reply actions

and why the hell do you RECALL that?

by obc2 on Dec 10, 2008 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

It blocks out the bad memories from my childhood

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Dec 10, 2008 10:58 AM EST up reply actions

When Champ Summers used to smack you around in the red seats?

by Brendanukkah on Dec 10, 2008 11:12 AM EST up reply actions

I never should have called him Chump

but I was only 3 and was still learning to speak.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Dec 10, 2008 11:26 AM EST up reply actions

Can we pass Farney

onto another player? Maybe we can insert him into Hernandez?

I won’t miss Freel, but I will miss Farney.

"Patterson, Keppinger, Bako.... Cream of the Suck" -Slyde

by snohio on Dec 10, 2008 9:27 AM EST reply actions

methinks tHan is the new Farney

by obc2 on Dec 10, 2008 10:48 AM EST up reply actions

Can I just say

that I don’t think these are all that stupid, considering the source?

All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.

by Man Mountain on Dec 10, 2008 10:59 AM EST reply actions

the only one that I thought was truly stupid was the Keppinger amasing hitter and defence one

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Dec 10, 2008 11:06 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah...

because the one about Dunn being “HORRIBLE” with a 230 average and 200 strikeouts was a beacon of enlightenment…

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Dec 10, 2008 11:08 AM EST up reply actions

nah, that's just hate

bringing it up was irrelevant to the conversation. It’s stupid, but only because it’s out of place.

We’’re in process of trying to a guy with a trade record of working with pitches

by Slyde on Dec 10, 2008 11:25 AM EST up reply actions

And at least that one used actual statistics...

Sure, they may not be completely correct and they weren’t analyzed correctly, but this is much better than associating Keppinger with “amasing hitter and defence.”

We want to build long period of time. I didn’t come here for the shot run.

by Gray on Dec 10, 2008 12:58 PM EST up reply actions

That post is fantastic

I’ve never seen anyone mix up their ‘c’, ‘s’, and ‘z’ before so badly, while spelling the rest of their post mostly right.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Dec 10, 2008 1:05 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe they're affecting an online british 'accent'.

(poorly)

Everybody's a jerk. You. Me. This jerk.

by andromache on Dec 10, 2008 2:52 PM EST up reply actions

Remember that episode of "Seinfeld" on telly, right after Corrie?

The one in which they loaded up that lorry from the Royal Mail with aluminium cans to recycle in the Midlands? Jolly good larf, what?

by Brendanukkah on Dec 10, 2008 3:10 PM EST up reply actions

Me favourite episode, it was

"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 Dec 10, 2008 3:24 PM EST up reply actions

i went to school in the Midlands

the best part about the Midlands is that you can catch a bus to London for just a few pounds.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 10, 2008 8:24 PM EST up reply actions

Oddly enough

there are large parts of rural Kentucky and West Virginia in which linguists have found English dialects virtually unchanged from those believed to be in use during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century in England.

All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.

by Man Mountain on Dec 10, 2008 3:38 PM EST up reply actions

Wow

They were able to find evidence of the UK in Kentucky?

by Brendanukkah on Dec 10, 2008 3:49 PM EST up reply actions

Not at all

The UK didn’t exist until 1707

All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.

by Man Mountain on Dec 10, 2008 4:08 PM EST up reply actions

until then it was just

brendankah

Think of me what you will...I gotta little space to fill

by chandrathan on Dec 10, 2008 4:12 PM EST up reply actions

PS - this is what part of the alphabet would like like if Q and R were removed.

Oh, Hedberg, you silly goose

"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 Dec 10, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

And just why in the world do you know that?

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Dec 10, 2008 6:38 PM EST up reply actions

If you must know why…

All Mickey Mouse films are founded on the motif of leaving home in order to learn what fear is.

by Man Mountain on Dec 10, 2008 6:52 PM EST up reply actions

Makes perfect sense now

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Dec 10, 2008 8:19 PM EST up reply actions

I always make fun of my friend from Pittsburgh

for that classic Pittsburghian grammatical form: “The car needs warshed.”

She’s well-read, educated and intelligent, but never realized that that was considered nonstandard in the rest of the country.

I found it so bizarre I did some research on it, and it turns out it originates in England. Scotland or northern England, or some such thing. It’s still found in the US, in a narrow strip through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, roughly along Route 80. Brought over by Scottish immigrants who settled those areas.

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by BubbaFan on Dec 13, 2008 5:38 PM EST up reply actions

my father says "warshed"

my maternal grandmother says “wushed”. fortunately i was raised by my television so i speak perfectly formal American English. like a nightly news anchor.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 13, 2008 6:22 PM EST up reply actions

It's not really the r that's so strange

At least not from a northeasterner’s perspective. (When I first moved to NY, Vancouver came up in the conversation. One guy asked, “Vancouvah, Warshington or Vancouvah, Canader?” That just cracked me up. Not saving any R’s that way!)

It’s the grammatical construction that screams “Pittsburghese.” The rest of the US would say “The car needs to be washed” or “The car needs washing.” But that’s apparently common in parts of the UK. They don’t use infinitives or present participles, so it’s “The cat wants petted.”

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by BubbaFan on Dec 13, 2008 6:39 PM EST up reply actions