ConstableRabbit

QFT

Go Detroit!

Why?

C'mon Beltran!

I'm surprised Edmonds didnt dive.

I really hate this. Do something. please.

OK I'm watching again. 2 on no out

Luck has maybe a little to do with it. They have just been a whole lot better than the Cubs for the better part of the last 10 years. I'm not disputing the fact that the Cards have been better than the Cubs. But they are lucky. Somehow, they have this keen ability to pick up pieces of crap and have them perform. And just to add insult to injury, they immediately go to that Tommy Lasorda/Cub fan in a tree commercial. And we have exactly the opposite happen to us. We get guys out of their prime usually, or they just suck for us.

along with God hating you. Apparently God loves me and has chosen to spare me the pain of watching the Cardinals win the pennant by sending his second flood I am now choosing not to watch. Unfortunately I have to listen to morons throughout my dorm shouting about it. fixed.

Yeah. Me too. Lets just hope Det cleans up

SHHHHHHHHHHHHH+

This game is KILLING ME

Hahahah. The best sports article though is the one where TO blames Bledsoe, the Oline, NASA, Samsung, and Hamid Karzai for his struggles.

As a reminder, NSBB etiquette calls for attacking the post, not the poster, although trust me my feelings are not the least bit hurt. I guess in this case it's much easier for you to shoot the messenger than to try to challenge some of the valid points the author made that evidently hit home. If you think they are valid points, I am happy for you to revel in your blindness. Are you disputing the writer's contention that: Quote: For years, decades even, players in every sport have spoken with the media after tough losses. Players can handle it, even the "very best competitors," provided they aren't jerks. Bonds couldn't handle it, but he was a jerk. Steve Carlton and Kevin Brown couldn't handle it, either, but they were jerks. After a period of time, those titles became accepted: Steve Carlton = jerk. If Pujols isn't careful it'll happen to him, and if you're wondering why it hasn't happened yet, look at his address. He plays in St. Louis, a town that for years has looked the other way for its best baseball players. For example, I'm writing this story from the Enos Slaughter Room. Slaughter was behind a near-boycott in 1947 when the Cardinals objected to the color of Jackie Robinson's skin. In some places a player gets maligned for that sort of thing. In St. Louis he gets a room named after him. I don't think he was calling Pujols a racist or saying that he's as bad as Enos Slaughter. The point I got from it is that you can be a jerk in St. Louis and the media will look the other way as long as you're a good player, evidenced by the room named after Slaughter, who was a jerk. He's saying that perhaps the St. Louis media might have looked the other way when Pujols has been a jerk in the past, just as they did with Slaughter. Uhhhh, Enos Slaughter was 60 years ago. And that's your evidence? I'm just telling you what I thought he said. Mark McGwire was also mentioned, if you need more recent "proof"

As a reminder, NSBB etiquette calls for attacking the post, not the poster, although trust me my feelings are not the least bit hurt. I guess in this case it's much easier for you to shoot the messenger than to try to challenge some of the valid points the author made that evidently hit home. If you think they are valid points, I am happy for you to revel in your blindness. Are you disputing the writer's contention that: Quote: For years, decades even, players in every sport have spoken with the media after tough losses. Players can handle it, even the "very best competitors," provided they aren't jerks. Bonds couldn't handle it, but he was a jerk. Steve Carlton and Kevin Brown couldn't handle it, either, but they were jerks. After a period of time, those titles became accepted: Steve Carlton = jerk. If Pujols isn't careful it'll happen to him, and if you're wondering why it hasn't happened yet, look at his address. He plays in St. Louis, a town that for years has looked the other way for its best baseball players. For example, I'm writing this story from the Enos Slaughter Room. Slaughter was behind a near-boycott in 1947 when the Cardinals objected to the color of Jackie Robinson's skin. In some places a player gets maligned for that sort of thing. In St. Louis he gets a room named after him. I don't think he was calling Pujols a racist or saying that he's as bad as Enos Slaughter. The point I got from it is that you can be a jerk in St. Louis and the media will look the other way as long as you're a good player, evidenced by the room named after Slaughter, who was a jerk. He's saying that perhaps the St. Louis media might have looked the other way when Pujols has been a jerk in the past, just as they did with Slaughter.

Some of the more notable Japanese pitchers have also gotten by early on quirky deliveries (Nomo, Irabu, etc.) that US hitters adapted to after a couple seasons Count Korean Byung-Hyung Kim in that category as well. I'm very wary of signing players that haven't had extended success against MLB hitters to large contracts. Professional baseball players in other countries are not the same as professional baseball players here and historically have not been able to repeat their success (for the most part). It's just not the same baseball.

Someone on a bankrupt radio station making you feel like a laughing stock? Something's def. wrong there.

Yeah, I read that. Maybe Lou didn't want to comment on it while he was still broadcasting for Fox? I dont know.

I know Rothschild is back, but has Lou's staff been announced, or is it just known that he's going to replace guys?

My roommates and I were a Nielsen household for two years in Chicago. We had the set-top box that recorded our viewing and phoned in the data by modem each night. The Nielsen box had a remote which you used to indicate which members of the household were watching at the time. You had to update it once an hour or so. An interesting experience, but also a pain in the arse. Were you compensated for it? If not, why did you bother?

I'm pretty sure Steve Lyons would've been fired earlier if he said "midgets" on air.. They prefer "little people"* *edit: I guess Dr. Cub beat me to it

Good God. My whole hall exploded. I chest bumped more in the last 5 min than in my whole life.

That's awesome. (Although, let it be known that the real reign of terror had more to do with Robespierre than Napoleon, but that's another story... :D )

QFT, let's fire up the hot stove. That's when things get real interesting. Wake me up in November. Count me in as well. Let's stop this at 99.

Hahaha I was just saying this to a friend who said I was nuts for suggesting him last off-season. As long as he doesn't physically harm any of our players, I'm cool with him in the clubhouse. :D Usually, winning solves most of those chemistry problems.