ESPN SAYS CINCINNATI HAS A GREAT CHANCE THIS YEAR

by shortstopv2 on Feb 7, 2008 2:09 AM EST

i couldn't believe it, the reds, our cincinnati reds were picked by espn to be a contender. Its great to hear that we are getting support from other places. Its a great artical and will at least help the pain untill pitchers and catchers report.
The site is
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080204&content_id=2363432&vkey=news_mlb&fext=. jsp&c_id=mlb

Just copy and past it i dont know how to make it a link

sorry :(

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i guess i do know how to make a link

who woulda thunk it?

"Herein is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us" -1 John 4:10

by shortstopv2 on Feb 7, 2008 2:10 AM EST reply actions

CANTU!1!!!1!!!111!!!!

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Feb 7, 2008 3:27 AM EST up reply actions

Pych!!!

"Herein is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us" -1 John 4:10

by shortstopv2 on Feb 8, 2008 1:50 AM EST up reply actions

He's operating on a plane

so much higher than the rest of us. I kind of want to sit at his feet and learn this... "new way."

by Brendanukkah on Feb 8, 2008 9:33 AM EST up reply actions

ESPN writes for MLB.com now

Times must be tough at the Worldwide Leader.

I'm not superstitious...but I am a little stitious.

by Slyde on Feb 7, 2008 8:42 AM EST reply actions

I hear

they're looking to roll out their own website soon.

I'm not sure what this article says about the Reds' chances if he also picks the Rays and Twins to make surprise runs. Clearly the Santana trade was a "decoy" to lull the rest of the AL sleep.

by ken on Feb 7, 2008 9:15 AM EST up reply actions

I DIDN'T QUITE HEAR THAT.

COME AGAIN?

At least it wasn't Grady Little.

by Paul Householder on Feb 7, 2008 8:55 AM EST reply actions

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID

hey-oh!

"Just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it." - George Constanza

by beasleymachine on Feb 7, 2008 9:17 AM EST up reply actions

This article

doesn't tell me anything I don't already know, but it is nice once in a while to know that this community aren't the only ones that think the reds have a chance to contend next year.

So, like a champion of the global warming cause, I will look at the article as pure fact, because it supports my position.

by Lakeman on Feb 7, 2008 9:22 AM EST reply actions

Don't you mean "artical"?

This situation reminds me of a scene in the movie "New Jack City"... (-Deion Sanders)

by satyanaas on Feb 7, 2008 11:41 AM EST up reply actions

Or an "arcticle"

Puns are phun!

by Brendanukkah on Feb 7, 2008 11:50 AM EST up reply actions

Hmm

I think this is over my head. How about Arkticle? Am I on the right track?

by Lakeman on Feb 7, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions

Because clearly

...the scientific community didn't reach a consensus 20 years ago on global warming or anything like that.

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

by andromache on Feb 7, 2008 12:21 PM EST up reply actions

My point

was neither for nor against man-made global warming. My point is, I'm not a scientist, but I've noticed that when it comes to global warming, people that believe that man is causing it believe anything that comes along that supports their position, and anything that doesn't has to be wrong. This is true on both sides of the argument. I personally, am Pro-Global Warming. That is, if man is causing it, I'd like to cause more of it. It's cold.

by Lakeman on Feb 7, 2008 12:55 PM EST up reply actions

Instead of knee jerk reacting.

Perhaps I should've just pointed out that this happens with, like, every issue in the history of the universe.

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

by andromache on Feb 7, 2008 2:39 PM EST up reply actions

Fair enough

Hairy muff

by Lakeman on Feb 7, 2008 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

hilarious!

by jacob brumfield on Feb 7, 2008 2:48 PM EST up reply actions

Hairy Spotter

great movies

"Men are ruled,this minute by the clock, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. G.K. Chesterton 1917

by Madville on Feb 7, 2008 4:33 PM EST up reply actions

And as for the 20 year consensus

there isn't one.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=f80a6386-802a- 23ad-40c8-3c63dc2d02cb

by Lakeman on Feb 7, 2008 12:59 PM EST up reply actions

Al Gore was telling me something...

...but he was so boring, I fell asleep before he could finish. Oh well, I am taking my hummer out into the woods to chop down some trees for firewood.

by jacob brumfield on Feb 7, 2008 1:03 PM EST up reply actions

why dosen't anyone take me ceral anymore

man bear pig

by OURob on Feb 7, 2008 5:47 PM EST up reply actions

Wow

scientific consensus = EPA consensus

by ken on Feb 7, 2008 1:20 PM EST up reply actions

If we're using sabermetrics

wouldn't EPA+ be more relevant?

by Lakeman on Feb 7, 2008 1:22 PM EST up reply actions

consensus

I think there's a good deal of evidence that global warming is anthropogenic, so don't look at me funny, but this is a big pet peeve of mine. Consensus is not a scientific term. It's a social or political construct.

This is probably apocryphal, but I like this story I've always heard about Einstein. Supposedly he was walking some sort of red carpet when reporters told him that there was a paper being circulated called "100 scientists prove Einstein wrong." His response was, "It only takes one."

by Red Menace on Feb 7, 2008 1:28 PM EST up reply actions

Yes,

But not every dissenter is a galileo.

And the fact that consensus is a construct is less important when you're considering that you have to make policy.

Consensus shouldn't matter, I guess, but it's always going to in environmental policy, because the science isn't always going to be definitive until it's too late.

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

by andromache on Feb 7, 2008 2:42 PM EST up reply actions

i know global warming isnt true

because it snowed yesterday. If the planet's getting so fucking warm, why the hell is it snowing? Ha!

Marty may have a shirt on, but Billy Beane just ripped his off and is squeezing his nipples. - Brendan's ukkah

by boobs on Feb 7, 2008 2:45 PM EST up reply actions

It was 67 degrees here yesterday

And DC's at about the same latitude as the 'Nati.

by Brendanukkah on Feb 7, 2008 2:46 PM EST up reply actions

that kind of thinking

is why the pilgrims brought Italian grapes to Massachusetts.

Superbike World Championship is the worldwide superbike championship.

by Man Mountain on Feb 7, 2008 4:59 PM EST up reply actions

I've actually revised my beliefs.

I now believe that Global Warming is a consequence of Adam Dunn's strikeouts. Sort of a butterfly effect, I guess.

But Adam Dunn is a person, so global warming IS anthropogenic. The solution is just much much easier than we thought.

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

by andromache on Feb 7, 2008 2:47 PM EST up reply actions

I'm not sure

that there is a consensus that Dunn is human. I've heard him described on many occasions as a "big dumb animal"

by Lakeman on Feb 7, 2008 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

um, humans are animals

and most of them are dumb.

I'm not superstitious...but I am a little stitious.

by Slyde on Feb 7, 2008 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

Adam Dunn is like pocket aces

He's out on the perimeter shooting three-pointers when he should be a thousand-yard rusher who is intent on preventing the melting of the global icecaps.

I'm not superstitious...but I am a little stitious.

by Slyde on Feb 7, 2008 2:58 PM EST up reply actions

true

Dead pull hitters are the number 5 emitters of carbon dioxide, right above Dow Chemical and Mexican trucks. If only the 3-4-5 hitters in MLB would go inside-out on fastballs that would be the equivalent of taking 800,000 cars off the road today.

by Red Menace on Feb 7, 2008 3:19 PM EST up reply actions