ya gotta take the good with the very very bad. She is cute though.
Thanks for asking about her….What about you? Any kids? Married, getting married, playing the field, celibate….
Comment posted byKneel Before Zod!on July 20, 2008 at 10:32 pm (#772675)
i was just reading your baby journal, tim.
jessica says she was reading when she was 2.5 years old.
um, what?
Comment posted byAthenaon July 20, 2008 at 10:40 pm (#772676)
Any kids? Married, getting married, playing the field, celibate….
No kids, Tim. Not married, not engaged, should be making much more effort to play the field (too much time working and talking to you guys!!), and . . . no comment. ;-)
Comment posted byAthenaon July 20, 2008 at 10:41 pm (#772677)
jessica says she was reading when she was 2.5 years old.
um, what?
As the Sawx fans would say, Jessica is wicked smaht.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 10:42 pm (#772678)
Admit it, you’re in love with me. That’s okay, it happens all the time.
yeah I saw that…..there are quite a few smartie pants here….some not so much.
Comment posted byAthenaon July 20, 2008 at 10:46 pm (#772680)
Wow, Lunk. And here I thought I was doing a good job hiding my feelings! What gave me away?? I was prepared to suffer in silence.
Comment posted byAthenaon July 20, 2008 at 10:47 pm (#772681)
Comment posted by Timbo Slice in St. L on July 20, 2008 at 10:45 pm (#772679)
yeah I saw that…..there are quite a few smartie pants here….some not so much.
haha, Tim. Present company is in the former category, needless to say!
Comment posted byKneel Before Zod!on July 20, 2008 at 10:49 pm (#772682)
…
:cough:
Comment posted byAthenaon July 20, 2008 at 10:51 pm (#772683)
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 10:53 pm (#772686)
I just finally got around to watching 300.
A touch of violence in that movie.
Comment posted byAthenaon July 20, 2008 at 10:54 pm (#772687)
Okay, gentlemen. I need my beauty sleep. (Desperately!)
We can discuss my rich imaginary love life another time.
Timmy, give that baby a kiss from Auntie Athena.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 10:54 pm (#772688)
Zod hearts me too. He just doesn’t want to admit it.
Comment posted byJessicaon July 20, 2008 at 10:56 pm (#772689)
LOL @ at the Boston-speak.
It’s funny - looking back at old pictures of myself from that age on, there are always shots of me looking up from whatever book I was reading at the time, clearly annoyed that I was being interrupted. My mother still likes to tell the story of how she would take me to McDonalds when she was pregnant with my brother and if the Happy Meal came with a book (as they often did back then), I would just sit there and read the book and completely ignore her. Somehow, that behavior upset her a lot less once lil’ bro was born and she could just hand me something to read when he demanded all of her attention ;-P
Comment posted bylittlefallsmetson July 20, 2008 at 10:57 pm (#772690)
I was reading the New York Times in kindergarten. I didn’t understand all the concepts, of course, but I knew most of the words.
They say that trying to wrap my head around those kinds of ideas at that age, and mostly failing, rendered me somewhat… cynical.
I have no idea what they’re talking about, of course.
Tim: The rules are great, but the scorekeepers follow their own code.
If a ground ball goes through a fielder’s legs or a fly ball falls untouched and, in the scorer’s judgment, the fielder could have handled the ball with ordinary effort, the official scorer shall charge such fielder with an error.
I have watched this happen over 1000 times in my life at the big league level and seen HIT put next to the play instead of error. Sorry, I live in the real world, a place where the scorekeepers don’t follow rules.
Comment posted byKneel Before Zod!on July 20, 2008 at 10:58 pm (#772692)
i’m sick of summer
(and fook)
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 10:58 pm (#772693)
They say my fascination with Mr. S Super Socks caused me to love socks.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 10:58 pm (#772694)
Lies. You love summer. And Fook!
Comment posted byKneel Before Zod!on July 20, 2008 at 11:00 pm (#772695)
the red-head in Mad Men is unbelievably hot
Comment posted byPHLon July 20, 2008 at 11:01 pm (#772696)
E’enin’, folks. Apologies if this has been posted already. It’s a blurb in BP by Marc Normandin:
During the broadcast of Saturday night’s game, the Mets’ announcing team began to discuss the fact that Adam Dunn was leading National League left fielders in putouts. Though Dunn is actually second in the NL as of this writing (behind Milwaukee’s recently-converted corner outfielder Ryan Braun) it still may take a second for that thought to sink in, thanks to the image of him we all carry around in our minds. The Reds left fielder is a big, plodding guy, both in the outfield and on the base paths, and he’s been accused of being incapable of properly fielding left in the past thanks to poor conditioning. This season appears to be different though—not only is Dunn second in the NL in putouts (and fourth in the majors) but he’s also fifth in the majors in John Dewan’s Revised Zone Rating. Out of the qualifiers, Matt Holliday leads the league with a .925 RZR, Carlos Quentin is in last at .826, and Adam Dunn is comfortably above the average at .903, and even has 25 plays made outside of his zone. Looking at our own FRAA tells the same story as Dunn is at +6—a result of both this and his .314 EqA (second best of his career)—and is on pace to have the best year on his resume right before hitting free agency.
Teams interested in signing Dunn should take note of his defensive play in order to see if he’s truly progressed, or if this is a short, half-season blip on the statistical radar. Is Dunn taking better routes to the ball to make up for his lack of speed? Has he improved his conditioning to the point where he can get from Point A to Point B quickly without the use of a bullpen car? If he’s even an average outfielder defensively, he’s one of the more productive players in the league thanks to a bat that ranks with the best (even when he hits .230) and if he’s able to replicate this year’s success in the long run, he’s going to be worth at least a full win with the glove on the year, something I didn’t expect to be typing in my lifetime.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
::flees::
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::returns::
In other news:
Batman. I’m still mulling this one over. I loved the movie, but I don’t know that I will if I think about it too much. And yet the writers worked so hard to make it a serious film. Hm.
Watchmen trailer. I fear that the movie’s gonna one long music video, like the trailer. Boo.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:01 pm (#772697)
Which one is the Red Head, Zod?
Comment posted byKneel Before Zod!on July 20, 2008 at 11:02 pm (#772698)
hate you, fook
Comment posted byKneel Before Zod!on July 20, 2008 at 11:03 pm (#772699)
it’s on AMC right now
you’ll know
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:03 pm (#772700)
Love me.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:04 pm (#772701)
Damnit, I’m playing a video game. I don’t see a redhead.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:05 pm (#772702)
300 is an ahistorical, fascist wetdream of Greek supermen. But the effects were superdope.
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:21 pm (#772713)
There certainly wasn’t a lot of depth or anything. But I had fun watching it.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:21 pm (#772714)
See, the effects eventually annoyed me. That was the main problem.
Comment posted byKneel Before Zod!on July 20, 2008 at 11:22 pm (#772715)
it’s half-cartoon
what do you expect, ramon?
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:28 pm (#772716)
I’d go to bat for Leonidas.
Dude got me fired up.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:29 pm (#772717)
I’d eff his wife, certainly.
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:30 pm (#772718)
I’d eff his wife, certainly.
Fucking shocker
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:30 pm (#772719)
:)
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:32 pm (#772720)
By the way, Danny: I’ve been converted into a 3rd baseman.
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:34 pm (#772721)
Oh yeah? How’s that going?
Play even with the bag and use your quickness.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:35 pm (#772722)
heheh Doing already. Made a couple good plays today and one bad play (let a hard grounder eat me alive). I seem to have decent instincts.
So I’ve gone from a outfielder into a 3B/2B for the team which is fun.
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:37 pm (#772723)
3B is hard, man. At least at second, you can afford to knock the ball down. But at third, the ball is either hit to you very hard or very soft, and then you still have the long throw to contend with.
The comic book material it was based upon was one in a long series of attempts by Frank Miller to romanticize a premodern masculine culture of honor. Alot of the crap in that movie was so off and it glorified a culture which collapsed under the weight of its own tyranny and oppression of its slaves.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:41 pm (#772725)
Yeah, it is. I seem to have some decent natural instincts so far. Made two plays today charging in on a softly hit ball, scoop, throw to first on the room. Had one exciting play. Guy hit the ball to right center, sure double maybe triple. He goes for three, the cutoff throw was a short hot right in front of me. I managed to glove it just as he came in spikes first.
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:43 pm (#772726)
on the run, that is.
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:43 pm (#772727)
Nice!
I have a couple of scars on my body from getting metal cleated while applying tags. Good times.
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:44 pm (#772728)
and it glorified a culture which collapsed under the weight of its own tyranny and oppression of its slaves.
I know, wasn’t it great!
Comment posted byLunkwill Fookon July 20, 2008 at 11:46 pm (#772729)
Yeah, I had a nice one opened up on my shin from a bad pickoff throw at 2nd.
Comment posted byDannyon July 20, 2008 at 11:58 pm (#772730)
Alright Geeks, sleepy time.
Talk to everyone tomorrow!
Comment posted byDoc believes!on July 21, 2008 at 12:04 am (#772731)
jessica says she was reading when she was 2.5 years old.
I was a late reader, I think I had trouble reading at first when I started kindergarten at 4. By 5 I was solid, by 7 I could read anything. I remember reading Jurassic Park and the teachers being confused why a 9 year old thought it was fluff.
Haha, Tim. I bet she’s adorable. The awake time is payment for all that cute sleeping time.
ya gotta take the good with the very very bad. She is cute though.
Thanks for asking about her….What about you? Any kids? Married, getting married, playing the field, celibate….
i was just reading your baby journal, tim.
jessica says she was reading when she was 2.5 years old.
um, what?
No kids, Tim. Not married, not engaged, should be making much more effort to play the field (too much time working and talking to you guys!!), and . . . no comment. ;-)
As the Sawx fans would say, Jessica is wicked smaht.
Admit it, you’re in love with me. That’s okay, it happens all the time.
yeah I saw that…..there are quite a few smartie pants here….some not so much.
Wow, Lunk. And here I thought I was doing a good job hiding my feelings! What gave me away?? I was prepared to suffer in silence.
haha, Tim. Present company is in the former category, needless to say!
…
:cough:
hahaha!
Sorry, Zoddy! You know I heart you!
Who is this Brandon Knight and why is he tearing up AAA Ball for the Mets?
of course….
I just finally got around to watching 300.
A touch of violence in that movie.
Okay, gentlemen. I need my beauty sleep. (Desperately!)
We can discuss my rich imaginary love life another time.
Timmy, give that baby a kiss from Auntie Athena.
Zod hearts me too. He just doesn’t want to admit it.
LOL @ at the Boston-speak.
It’s funny - looking back at old pictures of myself from that age on, there are always shots of me looking up from whatever book I was reading at the time, clearly annoyed that I was being interrupted. My mother still likes to tell the story of how she would take me to McDonalds when she was pregnant with my brother and if the Happy Meal came with a book (as they often did back then), I would just sit there and read the book and completely ignore her. Somehow, that behavior upset her a lot less once lil’ bro was born and she could just hand me something to read when he demanded all of her attention ;-P
I was reading the New York Times in kindergarten. I didn’t understand all the concepts, of course, but I knew most of the words.
They say that trying to wrap my head around those kinds of ideas at that age, and mostly failing, rendered me somewhat… cynical.
I have no idea what they’re talking about, of course.
Tim: The rules are great, but the scorekeepers follow their own code.
I have watched this happen over 1000 times in my life at the big league level and seen HIT put next to the play instead of error. Sorry, I live in the real world, a place where the scorekeepers don’t follow rules.
i’m sick of summer
(and fook)
They say my fascination with Mr. S Super Socks caused me to love socks.
Lies. You love summer. And Fook!
the red-head in Mad Men is unbelievably hot
E’enin’, folks. Apologies if this has been posted already. It’s a blurb in BP by Marc Normandin:
Discuss amongst yourselves.
::flees::
.
.
.
::returns::
In other news:
Batman. I’m still mulling this one over. I loved the movie, but I don’t know that I will if I think about it too much. And yet the writers worked so hard to make it a serious film. Hm.
Watchmen trailer. I fear that the movie’s gonna one long music video, like the trailer. Boo.
Which one is the Red Head, Zod?
hate you, fook
it’s on AMC right now
you’ll know
Love me.
Damnit, I’m playing a video game. I don’t see a redhead.
This one?
http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/cast/chendricks
nerd
It’s a baseball video game.
yes, that’s her
Zod, I just want to make sure i follow.
Nerd is an insult, but Geek is a compliment.
Am I right or am I right here?
I enjoyed the movie 300 immensely, by the by. Although I come out of it feeling like less of a man.
300 annoyed me. I just couldn’t stand the movie.
Geek is a compliment
geek and nerd are insults
Ah, capitalization is the key. Gotcha.
300 is an ahistorical, fascist wetdream of Greek supermen. But the effects were superdope.
There certainly wasn’t a lot of depth or anything. But I had fun watching it.
See, the effects eventually annoyed me. That was the main problem.
it’s half-cartoon
what do you expect, ramon?
I’d go to bat for Leonidas.
Dude got me fired up.
I’d eff his wife, certainly.
Fucking shocker
:)
By the way, Danny: I’ve been converted into a 3rd baseman.
Oh yeah? How’s that going?
Play even with the bag and use your quickness.
heheh Doing already. Made a couple good plays today and one bad play (let a hard grounder eat me alive). I seem to have decent instincts.
So I’ve gone from a outfielder into a 3B/2B for the team which is fun.
3B is hard, man. At least at second, you can afford to knock the ball down. But at third, the ball is either hit to you very hard or very soft, and then you still have the long throw to contend with.
The comic book material it was based upon was one in a long series of attempts by Frank Miller to romanticize a premodern masculine culture of honor. Alot of the crap in that movie was so off and it glorified a culture which collapsed under the weight of its own tyranny and oppression of its slaves.
Yeah, it is. I seem to have some decent natural instincts so far. Made two plays today charging in on a softly hit ball, scoop, throw to first on the room. Had one exciting play. Guy hit the ball to right center, sure double maybe triple. He goes for three, the cutoff throw was a short hot right in front of me. I managed to glove it just as he came in spikes first.
on the run, that is.
Nice!
I have a couple of scars on my body from getting metal cleated while applying tags. Good times.
I know, wasn’t it great!
Yeah, I had a nice one opened up on my shin from a bad pickoff throw at 2nd.
Alright Geeks, sleepy time.
Talk to everyone tomorrow!
Wow. I was about 4. And that’s considered young.
I was a late reader, I think I had trouble reading at first when I started kindergarten at 4. By 5 I was solid, by 7 I could read anything. I remember reading Jurassic Park and the teachers being confused why a 9 year old thought it was fluff.