Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-19-14

[Sammy Sofa]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

You're not giving yourself enough credit; you've never changed your approach whereas B2B stopped with the insane trade proposals and now just takes shots at the FO.

[Proven Veteran]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

You're not giving yourself enough credit; you've never changed your approach whereas B2B stopped with the insane trade proposals and now just takes shots at the FO.

Yes, his commitment to never breaking character is admirable.

[VVMattVV]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

Sure, let's call it that.

[weis21]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

You're not giving yourself enough credit; you've never changed your approach whereas B2B stopped with the insane trade proposals and now just takes shots at the FO.

I thought the "crazy trade proposal" guy was SweetSwingingBilly or something like that? Unless it was both. Probably both.

[weis21]

And I do have to give LLF credit because - whether it's deserved or not - he takes a lot of [expletive] and it never phases him.

[Guest]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

You're not giving yourself enough credit; you've never changed your approach whereas B2B stopped with the insane trade proposals and now just takes shots at the FO.

I thought the "crazy trade proposal" guy was SweetSwingingBilly or something like that? Unless it was both. Probably both.

 

RIP

 

He was just sorta a goofy old guy who (IIRC) would call Jim Hendry with suggestions.

 

B2B was always coming up with insane 3 way trades in the Hendry days.

[weis21]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

You're not giving yourself enough credit; you've never changed your approach whereas B2B stopped with the insane trade proposals and now just takes shots at the FO.

I thought the "crazy trade proposal" guy was SweetSwingingBilly or something like that? Unless it was both. Probably both.

 

RIP

 

He was just sorta a goofy old guy who (IIRC) would call Jim Hendry with suggestions.

 

B2B was always coming up with insane 3 way trades in the Hendry days.

Yeah, you're right. Was it the Harden trade that he "called"? As in he posted he called Hendry and told him they needed to trade for him. People called him out on being crazybuckets for calling the GM of a MLB team with suggestions and then the trade was complete in like a few days?

[Guest]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

You're not giving yourself enough credit; you've never changed your approach whereas B2B stopped with the insane trade proposals and now just takes shots at the FO.

I thought the "crazy trade proposal" guy was SweetSwingingBilly or something like that? Unless it was both. Probably both.

 

RIP

 

He was just sorta a goofy old guy who (IIRC) would call Jim Hendry with suggestions.

 

B2B was always coming up with insane 3 way trades in the Hendry days.

Yeah, you're right. Was it the Harden trade that he "called"? As in he posted he called Hendry and told him they needed to trade for him. People called him out on being crazybuckets for calling the GM of a MLB team with suggestions and then the trade was complete in like a few days?

 

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49648&p=1849608&hilit=+called#p1849608

[Splendid Splinter]

http://northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49648&p=1849608&hilit=+called#p1849608

 

 

YEEESSSSS!!!! I totally forgot about this.

[treebird]

http://northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=49648&p=1849608&hilit=+called#p1849608

 

i don't remember that at all. so good! even stupid redivy shows up to be stupid.

 

thanks for linking.

[Sammy Sofa]

imb!, you scamp:

 

i'm going to give cancer a call and tell it to get the hell out!

[ScrubMD]

That post was adorable and you're all assholes.

[TruffleShuffle]

If I were going to, don't you think I would have by now? Where others have either run off or created ghost accounts for less, I've stood tall. Or at least average height. Only B2B has withstood more ridicule than I and stood his ground.

 

You're not giving yourself enough credit; you've never changed your approach whereas B2B stopped with the insane trade proposals and now just takes shots at the FO.

 

frankly the 4-team trade proposals were way more fun.

[hawkeyecub]

Poor fella died a year later, only 52.

[Sammy Sofa]

Died of a broken heart.

[snoodmonger]

Did he really die?

[imb]

ugggh [expletive] cancer

[hawkeyecub]

Did he really die?

 

His signature had his real name and that he was a Catholic priest. A google search of his name brings up his obit from various papers:

http://www.reinbeckcourier.com/page/content.detail/id/501235/Father-Neal..

[Guest]

I feel real bad now.

 

If I thought I was going to die soon I would have called Hendry every [expletive] day and bitched at him for hiring Dusy.

[seanimal]

leave it to a priest to think you can just call the boss up out of the blue and make things happen

[Gmoney08]

leave it to a priest to think you can just call the boss up out of the blue and make things happen

 

Who knows maybe Hendry's idea to get more left handed was from one of the Cubs genius facebook fanclub members..

[snoodmonger]

Did he really die?

 

His signature had his real name and that he was a Catholic priest. A google search of his name brings up his obit from various papers:

http://www.reinbeckcourier.com/page/content.detail/id/501235/Father-Neal..

 

That's sad.

 

And it does kind of make me think calling Hendry was a baller move. Like cubinny said, SSB was like "[expletive] it. Things need to happen, and they need to happen now. Time to get on the phone."

[Rob]

Somebody should submit Billy's phone call to the Vatican. If they determine it was his miracle that brought Rich Harden to the Cubs he'll get a sainthood and a bunch of virgins or something.

[Sammy Sofa]

The guy sorcerer-ed Hendry into getting Harden and then seemingly took Harden's career as a Cub out with him when he passed. Kinda spooky.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Did he really die?

 

His signature had his real name and that he was a Catholic priest. A google search of his name brings up his obit from various papers:

http://www.reinbeckcourier.com/page/content.detail/id/501235/Father-Neal..

 

It does have specific mention of him being and avid fan of the Cubs and Hawkeyes.