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November 18, 2008

Link Dump: November 18th, 2008

by: Eric Simon on Nov 18, 2008 1:10 AM | Filed under: Link Dumps

[04:25 AM] Newsday: Mets offer to K-Rod not in place just yet
[02:45 AM] NY Daily News: K-Rod crossed up on medical data
[11:51 PM] New York Times: Pujols Wins Second N.L. M.V.P. Award
[08:44 PM] MLB.com: Mailbag: Rookie honors for Murphy?
[03:24 PM] ESPN: Cardinals Pujols wins second NL MVP award
[02:47 PM] Star Ledger: Citi Field grass is installed, fresh photos show
[02:25 PM] New York Post: PUJOLS WINS MVP
[08:00 AM] Bergen Record: Mets annoyed by K-Rod rumors
[04:18 AM] Newsday: Mets expected to make offers soon
[09:18 PM] Baseball Prospectus: Prospectus Today: Trading Up and Trading Down by Joe Sheehan
[10:57 PM] MLB.com: Mets, agent deny K-Rod speculation

Most headlines aggregated by SportSpyder.

679 Responses to “Link Dump: November 18th, 2008”

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Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:25 pm (#895940)
Did he claim to finish with each of them? That would make it easier…….just kinda line ‘em up.

Like Casey Jones in the running cadence

LOL!

i do not know, never read the book.

i’ll find the blurb.

Comment posted by DL on November 18, 2008 at 6:25 pm (#895941)
Luis Castillo would suck in any era.

i’m sure luis wouldn’t be able to handle 80 mph heat from some douche named cornelius carruthers or whatever

Comment posted by sweetlew on November 18, 2008 at 6:26 pm (#895942)
now i’m a good christian

Does that make you a bad Jew?

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:26 pm (#895943)
He was a lifelong bachelor, but became notorious for his claim to have had sex with 20,000 women, a statement which has entered popular culture.[7]

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:26 pm (#895944)
Does that make you a bad Jew?

LMAO. probly! shhhhhhhhh ;)

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:27 pm (#895945)
Love life and “20,000 women” claim

Although shy and insecure as a teenager, adult Chamberlain became well-known for his womanizing. As his lawyer Seymour “Sy” Goldberg put it: “Some people collect stamps, Wilt collected women.”[108] Swedish Olympic high jumper Annette Tannander, who met him when he was 40 and she 19, remembers him as a bona fide pick-up artist who was extremely confident yet respectful: “I think Wilt hit on everything that moved… [but] he never was bad or rude.”[108] Many of Chamberlain’s personal friends testified he had a “magnetic personality”, once had 23 women in 10 days, had no problems organizing a threesome (or more), and particularly enjoyed a TV skit on the show In Living Color in which a mother and her daughter approach a Vietnam Wall-like list of women who slept with him, both of them pointing out that their names are on it.[108] However, Los Angeles Times columnist David Shaw claimed that during a dinner with Shaw and his wife, Chamberlain was “rude and sexist toward his own date, as he usually was”, adding that at one point Chamberlain left the table to get the phone number of an attractive woman at a nearby table. [114]

In 1991, Chamberlain wrote his second autobiography, A View from Above. There, the lifelong bachelor claimed he had sex with 20,000 women. For this to be true, he would have had to had sex with 1.14 women per day from the age of 15 up until the day of his death, a rate of almost eight women a week. (One wag asked if that number was “regular season only, or does that include the playoffs?”) Quickly, he became target for jokes and jibes, and fellow African-American tennis superstar Arthur Ashe was highly critical, blasting Chamberlain for embarrassing black men and fueling prejudices about their sexual behavior. Chamberlain defended himself: “I was just doing what was natural - chasing good-looking ladies, whoever they were and wherever they were available” and pointed out he never started a relationship with a married woman.[115] In a 1999 interview shortly before his death, Chamberlain regretted not explaining the sexual climate at the time of his escapades, and warned other men who admired him for it, closing with the words: “Having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I’ve found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying.”[78] Chamberlain also acknowledged he never came close to marrying, and had no intention of raising any children.[32]

Cherry believes that Chamberlain’s extreme sex drive was fueled from the female rejection he had experienced as a teenager, causing him to overcompensate.[108] Although his life was highly promiscuous, his lifelong friend and on-and-off girlfriend Lynda Huey, eleven years his junior, said: “He had an inability of combining friendship and sexuality.”[116] Shaw added: “Wilt never liked to admit a weakness… [but] you cannot be married and be Superman… you cannot appear invulnerable to your mate.”[117]

Comment posted by Can’t wait for Turkey in St. Louis on November 18, 2008 at 6:27 pm (#895946)
bad Jew

gesundheit

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:29 pm (#895947)
whatever, i still call bullshit

i dont doubt he got laid a whole bunch

but not 20K diff ladies.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:29 pm (#895948)
gesundheit

hahahaha

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:29 pm (#895949)
Look, it’s obviously overblown… a lot! by all rights, the man should have died of every STD known to humanity by the time he was 30.

Comment posted by sweetlew on November 18, 2008 at 6:29 pm (#895950)
He might not have hit 20,000, but I betcha he had a pretty damn long list!

Comment posted by Can’t wait for Turkey in St. Louis on November 18, 2008 at 6:30 pm (#895951)
he had a long something….

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:30 pm (#895952)
you know how much a condom costed in 1962???

me neither! never used them!

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:31 pm (#895953)
If Jeter gave Jessica Alba herpes, then Wilt gave 1/4 of the female population everything else.

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:31 pm (#895954)
he had a long something….

You pitch and he catch?

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:33 pm (#895956)
isn’t there some like fuckin’ hotel worker in one of them middle east type countries that has claimed to sleep with wayyyyyy more than wilt????

i cant quite remember the story.

Comment posted by Can’t wait for Turkey in St. Louis on November 18, 2008 at 6:33 pm (#895957)
You pitch and he catch?

I’d peek, you know..just to see what the fuss was about. hey thing had to have had the grooves wore off, like a river rock.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:34 pm (#895958)
I know its pretty, but i didnt take it out for air…..

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:35 pm (#895959)
I know its pretty, but i didnt take it out for air…..

Thank you for sparing us.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:36 pm (#895960)
LOL….movie quotes!!!!

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:38 pm (#895961)
Isn’t it ‘I know it’s pretty baby, but I didn’t take it out for air?

Just curious.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:39 pm (#895962)
yup, i forgot the baby. i noticed that too. dammit!

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:39 pm (#895963)
OK, OK! Don’t be so hard on yourself. It’s the perfectionist in you.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:40 pm (#895964)
hahahah, i’m just glad you got it! that beats my disappointment in myself

Comment posted by PHL on November 18, 2008 at 6:41 pm (#895965)
WTF?

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:42 pm (#895966)
LOL! I just happened to see Requiem for a Dream is all. I don’t think it was a very popular flick.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:43 pm (#895967)
hahaahhaha, get outta here. crazy little gimmick to get ppl to buy baseball cards.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:44 pm (#895968)
ASSSSSSS TO ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

worth it just for that

Comment posted by The Mad Stork on November 18, 2008 at 6:48 pm (#895969)
Man I haven’t collected in ages. Had to stop once Leaf came back with it’s own brand. You then had Topps, Donruss, Fleer, Leaf ans Score. Same thing with comics. In only a couple of years the average price of a comic went from .75 to 1.50. Every comic had multiple covers, or special covers with die cuts or glow in the dark… eh! Fuck that! I just wanted to read the damn things.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:49 pm (#895970)
hahahaha, i used to love comics, still do sometimes.

I used to actually do baseball card shows and buy space for a table and sell my wares n the such, good stuff growing up
Comment posted by Danny on November 18, 2008 at 6:50 pm (#895971)
ASSSSSSS TO ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

worth it just for that

The movie is good, but this part was whoa.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:51 pm (#895972)
Requiem is one of those movies that i was like whoa, that was so fuckin’ awesome and i never wanna see it again.
Comment posted by Danny on November 18, 2008 at 6:52 pm (#895973)
haha so true.

I saw it once and that was enough!

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:53 pm (#895974)
the end is so rough, marlon wayans was so fucked. i felt bad for him.

not so much jared leto, the fact he kept shooting up in that arm almost says he got what he deserved

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:53 pm (#895975)
That movie actually convinced Mrs. Totem not to move to New York.

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:54 pm (#895976)
oh hi everybody

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:54 pm (#895977)
you know that wasn’t the first post of this thread?

just checking….

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:54 pm (#895978)
When he shot up in that abscess…. yeesh

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:54 pm (#895979)
hi back!

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:54 pm (#895980)
640th!!

In your face!!

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:55 pm (#895981)
When he shot up in that abscess…. yeesh

yupyup, i love the mother scenes with Shooter McGavin playing that TV evangelist type. those were great

the rest is borderline scary

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:55 pm (#895982)
Requiem for a Dream, the feel-good hit of the summer

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:56 pm (#895983)
directed by the luckiest jackass this side of Sam Mendes

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:56 pm (#895984)
I know its pretty BABY, but i didn’t take it out for air is one of my all-time favorite movie lines. its so great.

and the old man hissin’ ass2ass kinda rulez too

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:56 pm (#895985)
I have to get into this directing racket jeex,,,,,,

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:56 pm (#895986)
is that Rachel Weisz’s man?

yea he lucky

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:57 pm (#895987)
That ass2ass line was so hideous. I have no idea who that guy was but for one scene at least he was UNFORGETTABLE

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:57 pm (#895988)
that him

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:57 pm (#895989)
he was so sleazy, it was just wonderful

i wish he was my grandpa

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:57 pm (#895990)
He directed Ms. Weisz in ‘The Fountain’ which apparently = one of teh worst films ever made

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:58 pm (#895991)
I’m still wishing sweetlew was my dad

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:58 pm (#895992)
I have that on DVD, still unopened

never will be either. not sure i even bought it, i personally think it snuck in when i wasn’t looking

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:58 pm (#895993)
Scared off Danny in a hurry jeex,,,,,
Comment posted by Danny on November 18, 2008 at 6:58 pm (#895994)
haha, I have to roll but what’s up Simons!

Funny as ever.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:58 pm (#895995)
Sweetlew is cool till curfew

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:58 pm (#895996)
oh there you are

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 6:59 pm (#895997)
WTF is up with Zod.

I think he’s disowned us

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 6:59 pm (#895998)
Evidently you’re not missing much by not opening it Dep

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm (#895999)
Zod is a chicken BOK BOK BOK

Kneel before BOK!

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm (#896000)
I watched a little of it on cable a few months ago

I couldnt even follow what the hell was going on and it just looked awful.

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm (#896001)
Zod is a chicken BOK BOK BOK

Kneel before BOK!

lol. fo’ realz.

I dont take it as a personal insult, really i dont…..

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 7:01 pm (#896002)
hey if you want to get Chris in GA’s goat sometime ask him how much he likes the Billy Joel song ‘Dont Ask Me Why.’ On facebook he said he used to have a keyboard that played that tune as background music and it drives him to kill to this day lol

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 7:02 pm (#896003)
Always nice to see Hugh Jackman getting some work though

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm (#896004)
hey if you want to get Chris in GA’s goat sometime ask him how much he likes the Billy Joel song ‘Dont Ask Me Why.’ On facebook he said he used to have a keyboard that played that tune as background music and it drives him to kill to this day lol

hahahahahahahaha. i gotta remember this now!!!! not likely!LOL

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm (#896005)
Always nice to see Hugh Jackman getting some work though

lol, i cant stand the dude, and i give him huge bonus pts for the whole wolverine thing

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 7:04 pm (#896006)
Go to DrPepper.com on November 23, register and print a coupon.

The reason: They boldly made a wager that if Guns N Roses released Chinese Democracy in 2008, they’d give the entire country free Dr. Pepper. The album comes out the day after Thanksgiving.

the coupon is only available for 24 hours and will expire on Feb. 28.

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 7:04 pm (#896007)
heh heh heh

all right I gotta bounce heh heh see you around Dep

Comment posted by Dep on November 18, 2008 at 7:06 pm (#896008)
lata dude, be good

Comment posted by Confused on November 18, 2008 at 7:41 pm (#896009)
He directed Ms. Weisz in ‘The Fountain’ which apparently = one of teh worst films ever made

no apparently about it, movie was bad. really really bad.

Comment posted by Confused on November 18, 2008 at 7:50 pm (#896010)
Dog, Hit at 70mph, Gets Embedded in Grill and Lives

Comment posted by Confused on November 18, 2008 at 7:51 pm (#896011)
new tee

Comment posted by Confused on November 18, 2008 at 8:01 pm (#896012)
http://www.cockpunchermovie.com/

Comment posted by MetsFanSince71 on November 18, 2008 at 8:04 pm (#896013)
Not so new tee-shirt :)

sort of sfw….I think

Comment posted by MetsFanSince71 on November 18, 2008 at 8:05 pm (#896014)
WTF is up with Zod.

I think he’s disowned us

frankly, I do miss the little guy

Comment posted by MetsFanSince71 on November 18, 2008 at 8:16 pm (#896015)
Wow, has anyone heard about this?

Absolute must-see TV!

I wonder if she’ll announce her “availability”

Comment posted by Simons on November 18, 2008 at 8:21 pm (#896016)
frankly, I do miss the little guy

he is kind of slight actually

symmetrical face

Comment posted by Can’t wait for Turkey in St. Louis on November 18, 2008 at 8:30 pm (#896017)
MFS am I back in your Email circle….

Comment posted by MetsFanSince71 on November 18, 2008 at 9:58 pm (#896018)
MFS am I back in your Email circle….

yep, got it Timmy….thanks bud!