The lingering question about the Marshall Plan
by jch24 on Dec 22, 2011 10:45 AM EST
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Another day, another thread, and we still don't know who'll be joining T-Pain Wood in the Cubs' organization this summer. Maybe it will be these two:
Anywho, talk amongst yourself, I'm off to gorge myself at a holiday party and answer the "wow, having a birthday on Christmas must really suck, huh?" question approximately 432 times.
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so, uh, having a birthday on christmas ....
what’s that like?
Individuality: Always remember that you are unique. Just like everybody else.
Who is that?
And why is he wearing reggae wrist bands?
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
good place to keep his toothpicks
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I think he mows my lawn.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
Well, he does make an annoying racket outside all summer long.
How about you agree to waive the fine and I promise not to email you the remaining eighty six photos of my dog dressed as a bear.
by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 6 recs
Oh, I'm not a hater.
I just know better.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
This.
I did a double take thinking it was actually Biden.
by the finest muffins on Dec 22, 2011 12:40 PM EST up reply actions
He's Oscar
.com
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
by ChiDa on Dec 22, 2011 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
it probably really sucked
for his mom.
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by BubbaFan on Dec 22, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So I'm convinced that either the Cubs are picking up all of his salary, the Reds have an extension worked out with him, or both.
It feels so nice to be back to normal
Fay seems to think so
trades usually don’t require physicals (i.e. the Latos deal) so Fay thinks that means there might be an extension afoot here. Fay even mentions fangraphs and “WOR” in his article.
Hey my birthday is in Christmas also!
That must make us brothers or something
"strikeouts are a lot sexier than groundouts"
by smitty3 on Dec 22, 2011 11:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions
You guys are sooooo never going to win
the “Most Famous Guy Born on my Birthday” competition
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
Einstein takes that cake i think
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Dec 22, 2011 11:25 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Rickey thinks Rickey is the greatest person born on Christmas in the history of the Christmas
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Dec 22, 2011 11:37 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
heheheheh
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
Looking at my list is pretty amusing
Some highlights:
The top of the list is obviously Rex Grossman
Kobe Bryant
Rik Smits
The lead singers of The Strokes and Crazy Town
Jay Mohr is the funniest person born on my birthday (unfortunate)
Rick Springfield
King Louis XVI
"Aroldis Chapman is a seven course meal followed by four hours of sex on the table with a nymphomaniac model heiress who owns her own brewery." - jch24
We could make a pretty good ball team from my list
Eric Gagne
Edwin Encarnacion
Jon Lester
Kevin Maas Mench
Francisco Rodriguez
Thurman Munson
Tony Conigliaro
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
OGC Reds almost splooged in jealousy
but then realized it was just some old dude with a wicked black eye
Fuck lion say what! i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me
My list is wacky
Rod Blagojevich
Raven-Symone
Meg White
Michael Clark Duncan
Emily Dickinson
It feels so nice to be back to normal
That list is awesome, simply for having Blagojevich on it
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
Mine is a mixed bag.
Liam Gallagher
Ricki Lake
Faith Hill
Darva Conger (REALLY?)
Dave Coulier
Bill Murray
Stephen King
Leonard Cohen
H.G. Wells
Not very good infield defense.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know. I heard Wells can pick it at 1B
And Ricki Lake doesn’t have much range, but she’s got a cannon.
It feels so nice to be back to normal
About 5 important people and 70 people that are barely important to anything.
Mohammed
Joseph Dent (listed because we have the same last name)
Ernest Rutherford
Ted Williams
Cameron Diaz
Go Colts Dammit!
I love how Cameron Diaz is on the same level of importance as Mohammed
"Aroldis Chapman is a seven course meal followed by four hours of sex on the table with a nymphomaniac model heiress who owns her own brewery." - jch24
Hmm
Matt Maloney
Albert Pujols
Jeff Branson
Kate Moss
Ron Villone
And the first Iraq War started on my birthday.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
really nobody important shares a birthday with me.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:44 PM EST up reply actions
july 16
Renaissance painter Andrea Del Sarto
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Orville Redenbacher (!!)
Barbara Stanwyck
Ginger Rogers
Jimmy Johnson
Michael Fucking Flatley
Terry Pendleton
Phoebe Cates
Phil Hellmuth
Will Ferrell
Barry Sanders
Corey Feldman
Porn star Jesse Jane
AnnaLynne McCord
what a random group of people. My favorites are the Lord of the Dance and the Lord of the Popcorn
Fuck lion say what! i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me
I wish I shared a birthday with Bernie Sanders.
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He is my favorite Senator.
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Ditto.
OK, Weez. We gonna have fun at a Dodger game. :)
"if you want to sound like god, Orange is the way to go" - DerekH91
by PeteyHendrix on Dec 26, 2011 3:06 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, THAT'S what makes him weird.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
dude never wears a shirt
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:03 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, I actually sorta knew Orville Redenbacher
I mean, I was only like 5 years old. But my dad worked for him, and knew him pretty well. There’s a picture of me with him at the 1st Annual Popcorn Festival in Valparaiso, Indiana. I do not lie.
Also, he looked EXACTLY like the picture on the box. That was no marketing exaggeration. Even the bowtie.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
that's pretty awesome
William Burroughs kissed me on the head when I was like 2. We had a lot in common. Mostly puppies and things that go boom.
Fuck lion say what! i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me
Can't believe Bill Conlan told you to call him that.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Forgive me.
Your joke immediately above mine was evidently.. ‘above mine.’
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hey it's funny because there's a child rapist in the hall of fame
and pete rose is banned from baseball
but rules are rules, Voley!
there is not a sign in the press box saying don’t diddle kids like there is for gambling. duh.
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
Crum-Bum Beat
The sign doesn't say shit about being banned from the HOF, FWIW.
Cuz they made that rule up just for Rose, ipso facto, per se, Your Honor, sassafras.
"if you want to sound like god, Orange is the way to go" - DerekH91
by PeteyHendrix on Dec 26, 2011 3:08 AM EST up reply actions
I doubt he'd be in the hall of fame if they knew what he did
There’s some graphic descriptions over at Philly.com. Ye gods. He liked little girls, and did things to them it would be hard to do with a boy.
What really gets me is the whole neighborhood knew. But all they did was keep their kids from going over to that house. I guess it was a different era, but no one thought to call the cops. They didn’t want to embarrass his wife. Good gravy.
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The statutes of limitations need to be removed from these types of crimes
considering that the victims are children and they are traumatized. I read something from one of the victims who couldn’t talk about it until she was able to tell her husband when she was 50 years old. Unfortunately there are likely to be other victims from more recent years. I hope they can come forward so he can be prosecuted.
I don't know why my kids call me that. I think I'm a pretty nice mom.
Capital crime, in my book.
"if you want to sound like god, Orange is the way to go" - DerekH91
by PeteyHendrix on Dec 26, 2011 3:08 AM EST up reply actions
My mother was born on July 16
Way more important than any of those people
And fentanyl ain't that like super-morphine for elephants and soldiers with their head blown off
by RoastBeefKazenzakis on Dec 22, 2011 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
10/22
Shaggy (Mr. Boombastic!)
Jonathan Lipnicki
Zac Hanson (mmmBop)
Brian Boitano (what would he do?)
Jeff Goldblum
Deepak Chopra
Christopher Lloyd
Franz Liszt
Ichiro Suzuki
Jimmy Foxx
Carlos Mencia
D’Lo Brown (yes, from the WWE)
Miroslav Satan
Robinson Cano
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
Off the top of my head, I know Leonardo daVinci, Martha Washington, Jared Burton, Justin Long, and my 3rd grade teacher.
Impressive bunch there.
by the finest muffins on Dec 22, 2011 12:45 PM EST up reply actions
I also get Thomas Hardy, Cornel West, Dana Carvey, Jerry Mathers, and Wayne Brady.
Yawn.
by the finest muffins on Dec 22, 2011 1:09 PM EST up reply actions
is muffins gunna hafta choke a bitch?
Fuck lion say what! i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me
by UncleWeez on Dec 22, 2011 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I wish I shared a birthday with Cornel West.
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I wish I shared dinner at Roscoe's with Brother West.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno, but that sounds megasweet.
"if you want to sound like god, Orange is the way to go" - DerekH91
by PeteyHendrix on Dec 26, 2011 3:09 AM EST up reply actions
Wow, mine's more famous than I ever thought.
John Hancock
Rob zombie
Howard Stern
Kirstie Alley
Rush Limbarf
Jolting’ Joe Frazier (rip)
Jack London
Sporty Spice
Christiane Amanpour
D-train Willis
Dominique Wilkins
Ivan Nova
Tequila and pancakes, anyone?
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Dec 22, 2011 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
Martin Luther King, Jr.
How many of you can claim your birthday been made into a national holiday in your lifetime?
You're never as bad as you look when you lose. You're never as good as you look when you win.
My birthday oft falls on Labor Day.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Doesn't count
It was a holiday before you were born.
You're never as bad as you look when you lose. You're never as good as you look when you win.
Or was it?
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
Besides
Petey’s mom should get the credit. Sounds like it would have been honoring her efforts.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
by bbjones on Dec 22, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Your birthday is always the third Monday in January?
I don't know why my kids call me that. I think I'm a pretty nice mom.
yes!
when I’m in charge, and I institute the Metric Calendar…
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I was born the day MLK
gave his “I have a dream” speech. That should count for something.
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Dec 22, 2011 10:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yes, yes it does
The highlights for my bday are a fight between Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin and somebody beating up Johnny Rotten.
Nov. 9th
Spiro Agnew
Bob Gibson
ADAM DUNN!!!
Lou Ferrigno
Whitey Herzog
Billions and billions of Carl Sagans
Two pretty good golfers – Tom Weiskopf and David Duval
Sen. Sharrod Brown
Other than Gibson, no HOFers (though Sagan is solid HOVG, and Brown is young enough to turn things around).
"You never know how you look through other people's eyes"
pitching strong and zombie aware
Early Wynn
Don Gullett
Norm Charlton
Howie Long
Nancy Lopez
Norman Reedus
... I still say it was a touchdown, got tammit.
Mine is kind of lame
Haray Caray
Trevor Cahill
Mark-Paul Gosseler
Justin Bieber
Ke$ha
Alan Thicke
Javier Bardem
Ron Howard
Roger Daltrey
Ralph Ellison
Let a man come in and do the Popcorn.
Crum-Bum Beat
Not as lame as mine (but at least I have Batman)
Mama Cass
Jim Abbott
Duke Snider
William Golding
Jeremy Irons
Joe Morgan
Twiggy
(Mayor) Adam West
And fentanyl ain't that like super-morphine for elephants and soldiers with their head blown off
by RoastBeefKazenzakis on Dec 22, 2011 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
No one can beat mine (Oct 2.)
Sting
Kelly Ripa
Tiffany
Ann Leibovitz
Don McLean
Donna Karan
Ganhdi (admittedly awesome
Groucho Marx (also pretty cool)
Bud Abbott (Hey, baseball!)
I don't know why my kids call me that. I think I'm a pretty nice mom.
by darthmom on Dec 22, 2011 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
so you think you're alone now, eh?
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
so you have Bieber Fever
this explains a lot
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
Fuh king frigh te ning.
Tequila and pancakes, anyone?
by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Dec 22, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
mine is dominated by heads-of-state of dubious morality
Frank Bainimarama (Fiji)
Chiang Ching-Kuo (China)
Ulysses S. Grant
Sheena Easton
Larry Elder
Tim LaHaye
Ramzi Yousef
Eric Schmidt
Andrew Schlafly
Kate Pierson
Suleiman the Magnificent
Mary Wollenstonecraft
Casey Kasem
Maurice de Broglie (physicist, woohoo!)
Coretta Scott King (behind every national holiday, there’s a great woman)
And my own personal baseball team:
1B: Willy Upshaw
2B: Rogers Hornsby
3B: Pedro Feliz
SS: Brian Giles
OF: Enos Slaughter, Frank Cattalanotto, Joey Gathright
C: Tony Eusebio
SP: Chris Carpenter, Allan Sorthoron, George Winter, Runelvys Hernandez, Chad Zerbe
CL: Have to go with Bob Macdonald. No real closers have my birthday.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
Chris Carpenter?!
Yikes. I suppose Coretta Scott King neutralizes that effect, though.
by the finest muffins on Dec 23, 2011 12:36 AM EST up reply actions
I know, right?
Between Carp, Ramzi Yousef (mastermind of Sept 11), Bainimarama (Fijian dictator who took power in a coup), Suleiman the Magnificent (powerful and expansionary Ottoman ruler), and Casey Kasem (responsible for the death of music), there’s a lot of damage to be undone.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I'm a big Coretta fan.
She’s up to the task!
by the finest muffins on Dec 23, 2011 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Never going to win most famous guy born with my name either
I know 2 josh smiths that are famous :(
"strikeouts are a lot sexier than groundouts"
by smitty3 on Dec 22, 2011 11:47 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'll play.
Lee Ann Rimes
Jack Black
Jason Priestley
Lou Piniella
Bobby Cowan
Ron Guidry
Amanda Tapping
Shania Twain
Leo Tolstoy
Eric Lindros
Janet Evans
Shane Andrews
Darren Lewis
Emma Sams
Wayne Osmond
David Soul
Nancy Culp
We Are ... Marshall!
by Thundering Turtle on Dec 22, 2011 5:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I've got a decent amount of baseball talent.
Martin Prado and I were born on the same day. Brad Radke, Jason Johnson, and Jon Niese all share my birthday as well. Ralph Kiner is one from days of yore.
I also share a birthday with John Cleese, Dick Trickle, Roberto Benigni, Peter Firth, Robert Picardo, Matt Drudge, Kelly Osborne, Brady Quinn, Yi Jianlian and Evan Turner (OH!!)
"Red Reporter - An elitist clique full of like-minded douchebags." - BK
He pitched in the A.L. for a while, and I think briefly for the Reds in 2006, but who didn't pitch for the Reds in 2006?
despite throwing in the low to mid 90’s, his strike out rate was capped at about 6/9ip.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 23, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Happy Early Birthday!
“so do you get twice as many presents? Herp herp!”
How old will you be? 35 over here on the old side of the fence.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Dec 22, 2011 11:27 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I'll be 22 and I usually get presents early
That way it’s separate lol but it’s never more then I would have gotten otherwise
"strikeouts are a lot sexier than groundouts"
by smitty3 on Dec 22, 2011 11:59 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
My son turns 5 today.
We celebrate his birthday AND his Halfy Birthday on June 22nd. Cake, presents, everything.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
My daughter's birthday is June 22nd.
So today must be her Halfy Birthday. That’s cute by the way — Halfy birthday.
I don't know why my kids call me that. I think I'm a pretty nice mom.
You are a better parent than mine were
Waaaaaaaahhhhhh.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
That's ok.
Now you can legitimately blame your parents for all your problems!
I don't know why my kids call me that. I think I'm a pretty nice mom.
Wow...
@Fey Multiple sources reporting Juan Francisco and Daniel Corcino headed to Chicago along with Wood.
Sign Roy O
no way that's true
the reds don’t love me enough to dump volquez & roar in the same week
by 'tHan on Dec 22, 2011 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Fake account is fake.
"Wait, you think I'm being mean to the pretend orangutan?" -- battlekow
by jch24 on Dec 22, 2011 11:45 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nah
Francisco’s gonna have to play 100 games this year.
We're all mad. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come here.
It must suck to have your team doing absolutely nothing this offseason, so you have to come troll other teams' fans
It feels so nice to be back to normal
us last year'd
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
Someone has less than no life.
I wonder if he trolls on the New Kids on the Block fansites, and if that’s the only thing that can give him an erection these days.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
Wow!!!!!!!!!
I heard that they are also sending Leake and Billy Hamilton!!!!!!! Christmas came early for Theo Epstein!!!!! YOU ARRa SO LcKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Cuetotally Amazing on Dec 22, 2011 12:11 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Pretty sly, jerkoff.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Tha pretty gross
You don’t know where her mouth has been, and now he’s sucking on something she has been!
"strikeouts are a lot sexier than groundouts"
by smitty3 on Dec 22, 2011 12:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
You're not gonna get invited on to Arroyo's boat whining like that.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Andy Pettite
Hall of Famer?
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Fuck that roider.
And his personal relationship with Jesus PED.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
we still don't know who the minor leaguers are?
Aren’t they supposed to be Cincinnati today for physicals? Don’t we have any spies at the airport?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
I thought they were driving down?
Quick, someone pose as a hitchhiker on 65
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
In other words..
“Quick, somebody text Madville.”
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I doubt it
Both Coddington and Webb are from the Pacific Northwest (Washington and Oregon).
And if it’s not them, it could be someone from the Dominican Republic, or California, or Massachusetts or Florida…not easy driving distance.
Man, that must suck. Minor leaguers probably figure they’re done for the year. They’re home looking forward to mom’s 7 fish feast or pork tamales or whatever…then they get a call from the Reds, telling them to be on a plane for Cincinnati tomorrow.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Yeah, how horrible must it be to play professional baseball for a living
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by BK on Dec 22, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think Travis Webb is really living the dream.
I mean his leave probably isn’t hard, but it probably isn’t that much easier than most of ours. AAA is basically solid middle class pay isn’t it?
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
I think you're overlooking the part where he gets to play professional baseball for a living
"Aroldis Chapman is a seven course meal followed by four hours of sex on the table with a nymphomaniac model heiress who owns her own brewery." - jch24
by BK on Dec 22, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
If you are a lowly drafted and in A ball you may be playing professional baseball for a living
but you don’t get paid much, and you don’t have a nice signing bonus to make up for it, and making the big leagues is a long shot.
That isn’t exactly cushy.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
it's not
which is why big leaguers sent down or on rehab assignment are supposed to buy dinner for their teammates.
Dontrelle Willis endeared himself to his teammates in A-ball by not only paying for dinner, but eating it with them. (I guess a lot of big leaguers pay for dinner, but don’t stick around to eat it.) He also bought them soap, shampoo, shaving cream, toilet paper, etc.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
by BubbaFan on Dec 22, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
He gets to go to a baseball park and play a game in front of thousands of people every day
And that’s his JOB. That’s my point.
"Aroldis Chapman is a seven course meal followed by four hours of sex on the table with a nymphomaniac model heiress who owns her own brewery." - jch24
Right.
Being poor sucks I guess, but almost everyone is poor in their 20s. But these guys get to be poor while playing baseball every day. It could be worse.
It feels so nice to be back to normal
Didja know that new North Korean president guy is in his twenties?
How’d you like to be in your twenties and have to learn everything about everything but not tell anyone about it and not be able to ask anyone else if what you’re learning is real or all made up like everything else that you are allowed to tell everyone.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that would be nuts.
OTOH, you figure that guy has been conditioned and programmed since birth, so he’s probably right in his element.
It feels so nice to be back to normal
North Korea is a country I would love to see
sadly for Americans to go it costs 2400 Euro’s, plus airfare to China.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
ignore the apostrophe.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
..said the North Korean tour guide.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
And he rides on planes.
And probably reads!
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
Ohhhhhhhhh boy!
He must be really smart. Did he go to a private college? I bet he went to a private college.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
no, it isn't
It is for veterans who got big league or split contracts. But the ordinary guys get squat.
You get $2150 a month to start in AAA. You’ll get a little more as you accrue time there. You are not paid in the off-season, and you don’t get paid for spring training, either. You really can make more working at McDonald’s.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
A few years ago I read a book written by a AAAA Tom Shearn type about a year in AAA as a 32 year old starting pitcher
It left me under the influence that he made a decent living as a AAA ballplayer, and he mostly worked in the off season so he had something to do.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
Were you drunk with jealousy?
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by nycredsfan on Dec 22, 2011 12:39 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
probably just drunk
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
gross or net?
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
That does go beyond the "first world problems" meme
/1% problems?
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by rorschach1979 on Dec 22, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
I think it is pretty sucky for minor leaguers
They get paid less than burger flippers at McDonald’s.
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They also have to work for 3 hours a day, playing a game.
/HardKnockLife
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Yeah
I doubt that Johnny Cueto’s first year in professional baseball was all that comfortable. He received a $10,000 singing bonus, and was making peanuts and had absolutely no guarantee for the future, and he was in a new country and did not speak the language.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
So he got a quick five figures, got to travel, learn a new language, and play baseball as a single guy in his 20s
But I guess the junior investment banker who’s working 100 hours a week has it better because he’s getting paid more.
money=happiness, right?
Bart: "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
Homer: "Well, it's not quite a mop, not quite a puppet, but man... (laughs, then pauses) So, to answer you question, I don't know."
money=milkshakes sooo....
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
I have some good friends, a married couple, both 26 or 27,
both work in private equity. They have a beautiful 2 bedroom apt in the village, nice clothes, etc.
The both work 16 hour days on average. No thanks.
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I would gladly do that for 10 years or so
if it meant I could retire early. And making that kinda scratch, you know you could.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe.
But it depends on how you want to retire. They are probably making 200-400k each. Which is awesome, but I’m not sure 10 years of that allows you to retire.
Plus, there’s no guarantee of anything. That world is about as cutthroat as it comes, so you could work all of those hours then be suddenly out on the street.
Plus, you have to work in finance. ick.
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If I made ~$300k a year
and my wife did too, you better BUHLEE we’d be able to retire in 10 years.
I’ve been living poor my whole life. If it meant retiring before 40, I’d gladly do it even if I was making a lot more.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe. But probably not in NYC.
There’s a crazy amount of pressure on those people to “live the lifestyle”
You can’t live outside of Manhtattan, have to have expensive suits, take co-workers to expensive restaurants, etc. It’s dumb.
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Didn't they ever watch Saturday morning TV growing up?
Submitting to peer pressure is for Clydes!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Totally. Which is why, despite both subtle and overt pressure from my colleagues and bosses to work more
I continue to goof off on here!
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I worked long hours, 6-7 days a week, for 20 years.
My house will be paid off in 4 years, 4 months. I’m really worn out, but it was worth it. #needsanap
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
Yep. Something like that.
"if you want to sound like god, Orange is the way to go" - DerekH91
by PeteyHendrix on Dec 26, 2011 3:12 AM EST up reply actions
Easy to say, but the vast majority of people will adapt a lifestyle consistent with their income peers
Especially in a place like New York, where if you’d want to save some serious scratch you’d have to live pretty far from work.
Do that, and you don't retire early...
You grow accustomed to the money and the associated standard of living, making you trapped in that lifestyle and job.
Trying to pull off "having no money and talking to no one" as well as the Reds have.
Mo money, mo problems, right?
Cry me a river.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 6:19 PM EST up reply actions
Such an inefficient way of doing things.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions
All spies everywhere have the week off.
‘Game of Shadows’ and ‘Ghost Protocol’ hit theaters simultaneously. Their union demanded it.
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Don't forget Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy
Everyone is getting espionage for Christmas!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
And is there a WW1 horse movie coming out?
Is that spy-y?
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think so
It’s about a horse going to war. I heard Sarah Jessicatariat is pretty good in it, though.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 12:32 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The play is a-maze-ing
Speilberg directed the movie, so we’ll see.
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Hay!
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by Fat Vegas Alan on Dec 22, 2011 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
THAT'S MY HORSE, SIR!
$20 says he finds his damn horse in the end
Fuck lion say what! i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me
pet her nose and give her a carrot
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:10 PM EST up reply actions
Aerial Reconnaissance Horse Hero
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
If I could damn well go see this movie, I would
Has it opened wide yet?
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by rorschach1979 on Dec 22, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Seems kinda shitty to force the players involved to travel to Cincinnati for a physical
it seems like Dr. Polk M. Stick should know fine and trusted doctors around the country or even the world who can preform routine physicals, and he could always have them send him the MRI.
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:26 PM EST up reply actions
sup vole?
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Right on, brother
Today is my last day and then I don’t have to come back until the 3rd. Fuck yeah, vacation!
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
Gotta work tomorrow. But then I, too, will be away from my place of employment until the 3rd of January, Year of our Lord 2012
And then it’ll be time for ’tHan’s favorite feature, Community Prospect Rankings!
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you guys are going late this year
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by Yossarian22 on Dec 22, 2011 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
i mean your christmas break.
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We always do that too.
Christmas Eve is almost always my first day off. But we get a whole week in February for no apparent reason, so whatevs.
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Whole week in February on top of spring break?
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Yup. It's an east coast thing.
I’ve had the week of President’s Day off for 8 years straight. But we also go until June 25 or so.
The school calendar here is weird.
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Bay Area too
“Ski week.” Half the kids were getting pulled out of school to go to Tahoe anyway, plus the teachers all wanted to go to Tahoe. So, they give the kids a week off, which means the parents gotta figure out child care.
Then, they’ve cut summer down to like 9 weeks.
When I was a boy….
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
The snow in Tahoe is shit right now from what I hear.
I’ll go anyway, but I’m ready to be pretty disappointed.
all the cold, none of the snow?
No thanks. I’ll head down south.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
Well, I'm already here
so it makes sense. Thinking about figuring out some sort of ski trip later this winter though.
I'd say aim for February
maybe there will be snow by then.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
/HLM21'd
Actually, he technically still is. So is Alonso, strangely enough. Not that we care anymore.
#HellYeahMatLatos
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whoa whoa roadtrip buddy
when did I ever say Mesoraco isn’t a prospect?
I said Grandal would be better than him, but he’s still a prospect seeing as he’s only taken a couple of sips of that coffee in Cincinnati
The ends justify the means
by Highlifeman21 on Dec 22, 2011 5:12 PM EST up reply actions
My last day of work was Monday, and I'm not going back until the 5th.
I win!
by the finest muffins on Dec 22, 2011 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
There's nothing cushy about nonprofit life!
And I’m not given that time off (well, not all of it.) It’s just that there’s absolutely nothing going on (no programs, no one around to recruit to volunteer, etc.) so it’s the optimal time to finally use some of my massive amounts of comp time.
by the finest muffins on Dec 22, 2011 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
I know. I was just kidding, because I actually do have a cushy government job.
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I have been applying for nonprofit work
it seems like the direction I want to go. I have been checking Idealist.
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When you apply to those places, use a local return address.
Businesses get tons of responses from Idealist. If you have an out-of-town address, they’ll just put your resume in the circular pile.
Or you could just not put an address on your resume, which is what I did.
by the finest muffins on Dec 22, 2011 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
Meh, I disagree.
But to each their own.
by the finest muffins on Dec 22, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
Cover letters should be in business letter format.
Business letter format requires a return address.
Ergo, cover letters require return addresses.
Not if they are written in crayon.
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by PeteyHendrix on Dec 22, 2011 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
When I was in my high school business writing class
I did my resume up in Rugrats font.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Dec 22, 2011 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
4 whole days off...
and that includes a “sick day” for my birthday tomorrow and the weekend.
whoo hoo
We're all mad. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come here.
yeah, I get the 26th off, and the 1st off.
fuck me and my new job that pays shit!
Fuck lion say what! i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me
I feel your pain
My birthday’s Christmas Eve so I get asked that question at least 312 times a year, too.
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