OTTOTD: The Evan Longoria, Go Fuck Yourself Edition
by Suttree on Sep 28, 2010 10:03 AM EDT
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I'm sorry you retarded baseball players can't seem to understand that.
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Yeah, I think it's better if I don't post here today. I'm literally livid right now. About the internet.
The caller said the boy, after removing the bulb from its socket, left the building and threw the bulb on the ground. When the bulb broke, the caller said the boy screamed "To be the best, you have to beat the best…"
by Top Gun Numba 1 on Sep 28, 2010 10:09 AM EDT reply actions
someone should tweet BeeJ to go fuck him up/// at least get in his face about it
/without teammates there to hold him back.
Professor of Micro-Economics Evan Longoria reads a paper written by pupils Rglass44 and HEATH entitled, "What's Wrong With You Guys?"
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I understand their frustration, and I understand why attendance is down
I don’t find fault with either side except for the faux outrage aftermath, mostly from people who don’t go.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
My outrage isn't faux.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions
I think most who go to games are more likely to side with the players
“I’m a better fan than you” mentality which we’ve seen plenty of times around here. I am talking about people who don’t go to games criticizing others who don’t, or having their feelings hurt by the comments. I really think you are an extreme minority.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions
You think it is perfectly within his realm of appropriateness to criticize the fans as a player. I don't. I think its uncalled for.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think its within the players' Etiqette Guide
but it seems like you may be an ideal candidate for Ralph’s Mob.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Seriously considering it.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Attendance isn't down, we're on pace to have our second most fans with only the year of inception being higher.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions
you know what, after looking at the numbers, you are right
2008: 1.7 mil
2009: 1.8 mil
2010: 1.8 mil
What I see is a consistently below average MLB attendance…even with having a winning team for three consecutive years.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
I call it progress and for a young franchise we just need to be moving in the right direction. I don't want people
to come out because a game has more meaning, I want them to come out because that’s what they do.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
progress, however small, is progress
and I do agree with what you are saying here.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Why can't anyone talk about this without the emotion?
People don’t have money, Rays have worst attendance of any playoff team.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:39 AM EDT reply actions
I think I'm speaking for TGN, Sutt, SRQ, etc., when I say that its upsetting because THIS IS MY HOME.
I was born here. My family is here. My entire life has been filled with TB sports memories. And I’m not entirely chuffed about the area getting raked over the coals EVERY GODDAMNED DAY. Yes, I hate the hill people and their lack of money and interest in my favorite sport. It sucks. But they’re MY hill people, for fuck’s sake.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:40 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
And it doubly hurts when its Price and Longoria, two players I have spent lots of time cheering for and buying stuff with their name on it, kneeling on our throats.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
No one is going to point out the Pricegoria typo?
Lost a step, DRB.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions
And St. Pete/Tampa is a great area
it will always be my home. I come back every year as often as I can. But there’s nothing wrong with saying it maybe isn’t a MLB town. It’s just identifying what it is.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think its gotten a fair shake and TV ratings prove that.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions
unfortunately yes it has
between the old people with no disposable income, all the transplants who have their own teams when they come to the area, and not enough people to support the team on weeknights, the only fair shake left is to see what happens on the other side of the bay.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Which is exactly what I'm talking about.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
but that is going to involve a new stadium and people willing to pay for it
area may never get a fair shake unfortunately.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:55 AM EDT up reply actions
If they choose no baseball over baseball, then they do. But that's what the choice is going to be.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
This also
Sign lady must die.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I think a lot of it has to do with that every effing time the Rays are brought up, it's followed by attendance. It's an exhasuting conversation that was stale 18 months ago.
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
But the reponse was always if they win, the fans will come in the end
I was one of them. I was shocked at last night’s figure. Sometimes, you need to eat crow and admit you were wrong. Here I am, eating crow.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Save you a step
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by Buc Wild on Sep 28, 2010 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I thought the same thing. It worked in 2008, the only difference between then and now is about 10 percentage points in unemployment.
Do Tampa fans have a “been there done that” attitude? 2008 was awesome, but I’m still excited for this year. Seems like a lot of people have tuned out already.
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
the Rays have given fans what they dream of
a playoff team that can compete with the Yankees and Red Sox. And they still can’t come close to a MLB average attendance. Yes, it is exhausting. And this is the last day I ever bring it up. The point to me is clear. This isn’t a MLB town. And that’s not some horrible slap in the face to St. Pete. St. Pete may be a lot of things (and a great place to live is definitely one of them) but MLB town isn’t accurate…maybe a ST town. And that isn’t offensive to say…not until they are pulling in MLB average numbers.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions
I have no room to argue on the attendance stuff at this point. Just saying I'm tired of hearing about it from all the media every day.
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
I'm pretty sick of hearing you repeat this mantra.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
then don't read my comments
and just because you are sick of it, doesn’t make it any less true.
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Or you could say something new instead of copying and pasting the same tired argument over and over.
Do some research and write a fanpost if you feel so passionate.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Its to the point where harping on it might have the opposite effect.
Being told its embarrassing doesn’t make me want to get in my car and drive the hour to watch a game.
Well that and the fact that I don’t want to fail out of school for not doing my work.
Yeah I don't see this rallying the common folk
and everyone gearing up to go tonight.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
i agree
but could it be that we just don’t know how to take criticism any more, even if it’s right?
by raysfaninminnesota on Sep 28, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I personally don't care what the hell anyone says.
I feel justified in the way I spend what little money I have. I’m a fan, I watch the games, I keep up with the team.
I go to games when I can afford the time and money. Thats literally all I can do.
I’m sure everyone else has their reasoning too, and its not my place to question anyone. Unemployment, increasing cost of fuels, location, etc.
You don't know what he's got going on.
If it were a playoff game I’d consider going and trying to take an accounting test on six or so hours of sleep. It’s not, it’s a formality.
I’ve gone to five games this year and I’ve put in countless hours of essentially free PR work for the team and players despite making less than min. wage.
If you want to call me a bad fan for putting my self interests over the team here, then go ahead. I didn’t know fan was synonymous with slave.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:11 AM EDT up reply actions
I think rglass was saying that college isn't that much work, relative to an actual job
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions
You have no idea what he has going on though.
You don’t know his major. You don’t know his schedule. What if he has night classes?
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Conversely....
do you know what it’s like to have a job that you have to show up at every morning at 8:30 and stay out until 6 doing essentially the same task over and over again?
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
No, but I'm not pointing fingers or making assumptions. Am I?
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
No...
but generally speaking, college is not as much work as an actual job.
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not suggesting it is or is not in the slightest.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm trying to figure out where you even got the idea that I suggested that from.
I’m not passing judgment on anyone. Not even the players. They’re emotional beings who get asked the same questions every night. I’m sure they’re tired of it. I’m tired of it. I don’t know why people aren’t going, if I did, I’m sure it would be six months after the solution was in place.
I think fingerpointing is dangerous albeit easy as are generalizations which is why I’m not exactly making bold statements.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
I didn't say you were...
I was commenting on a general statement that glass made, that people ran off with as an indictment of dobbertranation.
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 12:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd disagree here, since I spend 40 hours a week working and spent twice as much time trying to manage school.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously, way to be a douche rglass.
Just because your college experience was easy doesn’t mean it is for everybody else, cock sucker.
God you all are a bunch of pussies with waded panties.
I was half-joking. Unless you work while going to undergrad or you’re taking some insane load college isn’t that hard. You go to class 15 hours a week and study about that much outside of it at any time you choose. There’s a reason eevryone is constantly partying in college.
And you made the assumption that he's one of those assholes that didn't have to pay his own way or decided not to push himself.
Douchebag qualifier remains.
Now it's all a joke? Way to backpedal you insensitive turncoat.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
What a fucking prick statement.
No one’s bitching and whining, they’re EXPLAINING TO YOU WHY PEOPLE CAN’T MAKE IT TO EVERY GOD DAMN GAME BECAUSE THEY WEREN’T HANDED THE SILVER SPOON LIKE YOU.
Without getting pointedly personal, I'd say that you're doing a fair amount of assumption making with regards to the TB area. And Dobbertron.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
You leave Dobberman out of this
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions
All I've said was the attendance last night is "embarrassing" and that in my past experience of speaking with people about Rays games they only go if it's an "event" or "BIG game."
That’s the attitude that kills the attendance IMO.
And, of course, you know everything about me and about Dobbersaur, so you can make whatever passive judgements you like.
Douchebag qualifier still remains.
College isn't that much work.
It isn’t, dude. Now what you have going on outside of college may be. Undergrad, though, isn’t.
See #9 below
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I can admit that everyone has a different situation, but I worked 25-30 hours a week in college, got good grades, and still had a blast.
It’s not that hard.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Two Bachelors, work, friends, suck on it
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
No college is that hard.
Some programs are tough, but if you look in the Princeton book they dub Wake “Work Forest” because it’s supposedly so much work. Everyone still had time to go out and party 5 nights a week. Like I said, UG isn’t that hard. If you have other things going on it probably is, but I just can’t imagine a scenario where going to a few games causes you to fail out. Now if you have a test the next day or something, doy you don’t go.
I don't think the implication was that Dobbertean never goes to games.
And you don’t know if he’s taking a massive load because he can’t afford the debt of student loans over a four year period so he’s trying to get out faster because his parents don’t have any financial security right now.
I don’t know what Dobbertean’s experience is, but when YOU went to college is different than going to college now. Though, yes, most people are the way you described them. But, not fucking everybody.
The implication was that it was an off the cuff remark in jest.
But everyone’s on high alert looking for reasons to jump on people. I guess I should have realized DRB’s coming menstrual cycle and been less offensive.
Things I Know About RGlass44
1) He went to Wake
2) Parents were “civil servants”
3) Lives in Washington DC
4) Goes to tons of Rays/Orioles games
5) Has a girlfriend
6) Participates in dhazebay.com
7) Is white
8) Blondeish, curly hair
9) Fairly large frame, not overweight though
10) Owns a Garza jersey
11) Some white collar job…insurance something or other?
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
12) Graduated from JHS
Or that can actually be 11, since 11 was more of a question.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Things I Know about RGlass44
He’s a douche
He hates ‘merica
He hates Keith Law
He’s a hater.
He’s a leading distributor of haterade
He doesn’t care about the team because he doesn’t go to games at the Trop
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
He likes watching high schoolers play baseball, and I can only imagine why.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Enjoyed playing something in front of sold out crazy crowds of 200 fans in HS.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Likes to fight in parking lots
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Darn
On a similar note… Yesterday afternoon I was playing ball in Chocolate City with some peeps against some HS aged hood rats. They were talkign shit and playing rough, and when one of ‘em bumped into me for no reason no where near the action I pushed him. Then his 5’6, 120 lb boy goes to his bag to get his knife and put it in his pocket. A FUCKING 4 INCH BLADE!!!!!
by rglass44 on Apr 16, 2010 9:53 AM PDT up reply actions
got it confused with:
It was retarded. I’d played with the kids before. It was all fun and games, but there’s just this one idiot that always starts shit. Ruined my day. The other close court (i.e. in short walking distance) is all Mexicans who won’t let me play (nott hat I’d want to) because I’m too tall. LOL Oh well. I’ll be back this afternoon.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah college was mad easy
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Well I'm talking to the half that wasn't joking. The half of you that was joking and I should go out for drinks.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Unless you work while going to undergrad
Not everyone is born with silver spoon in mouth douche.
by firemangreg on Sep 28, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
4 hours of sleep per night and zero free time?
Ouch.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. He can study at the game.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
It was roughly 10-12 hours a day, and I didn't take breaks on the weekends.
So I got enough sleep, but yes, I had zero free time.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, I have to count some of the hours I worked because I had to hold down a full-time job, and that had to work around my schedule.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Just taste these bagels!
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Fuck you in the horse you ran in on.
Sign lady must die.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
This x100000
If you’re working your ass off in college (and I’m saying people going to college exclusively, not those working a full time job or whatever and going to college) you are doing it wrong.
This coming from a guy went to a top 25 US News school, double majored, and graduated in three years
Either you’re doing it wrong or you’re just not very smart. sorry.
Dreams do come true. Two attendance threads in one day. Awesome. (Not awesome).
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
It is getting tiresome.
Well, it was tiresome. Now its annoying. And the tone the team has taken isn’t helping.
Its just getting worse, its a god damn spectacle.
Brignac didn't bash the fans, follows Keri and DRB on twitter, is good at baseball.
He’s the chosen one. Get in line.
How Jon Heyman of you
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Can't hit lefties or high pitches, no thanks
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
He hangs out with Crawford. He's basically Crawford with less talent.
More paleness though.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
He'll probably leave with him then
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Seems more affable
Biil Aybar has been training him to be the home run handshake successor
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Aybar with an agenda.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
He also doesn't get ambushed very often because he doesn't play that often ;_;
Sign lady must die.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Anyone see Wall Street 2? or the Facebook movie?
Apparently the Facebook movie is getting good reviews, which means its more than likely a nice shiny turd.
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
Well, movie critics are by and large douchebags, so it doesn't suprise me that a movie that's being nicknamed 'the douchebag movie' (The Social Network) is liked by critics.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
As for Wall Street 2, that movie was delayed twice because critics panned it in reviews so they went and recut/reshot scenes. At least they're trying to make something likable.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Hadn't heard that nickname, but it fits.
As you can always expect come from behind victory is when you least expect it.
I was watching a pirated feed of it last night instead of event viewing baseball.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions
We could've raised our playoff probabilities by a .1%!
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I was watching that pirated feed in a hipster Washington DC bar, by the way, surrounded by my white collar lawyer and banker friends.
We sipped our Stellas and talked in excess about the intellectual depravity of the South. I had to speak slowly to suppress my drawl. Oh the rigors of modern life!
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions
No way, I don't see that at all.
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Sep 28, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I see his thought process
cause they have more country clubs
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
Uh
Pinellas County may be more “northern” than say Hardee County, but that doesn’t mean that it lacks enclaves like Kenneth City, Lealman, and Pinellas Park that are very much culturally southern. Certainly moreso than D.C.
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Sep 29, 2010 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you are confusing "redneck" with Southern.
Go to Charleston, Atlanta, Memphis. Then go to DC (especially the huge difference b/w NW and the rest of the city). Then go anywhere in Central or Southern FL. Redneck and Southern are two totally different things.
What WAKE boy said
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
WS2 is good. It's a little artsy fartsy with wierd graphics
But it’s a great insight into the mindset of the bankers and brokers fucking over the common guy. Wall Street is driven by egotistical assholes who don’t understand consequences.
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by R.J. Anderson on Jun 21, 2009 3:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions 1 recs
by HAHAHA OH WOW on Sep 28, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions
I really do wish you'd post more often.
So I should just change my sig to
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by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Great insight?
I don’t see how that movie rose to the level of “great insight” at all. The dialog was terrible, the plot contrived, and Michael Douglas was the only one in the movie that could act worth his role.
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Sep 28, 2010 10:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyways OH HEY ANOTHER ATTENDANCE THREAD
Team will move to Tampa or team will move out of state. I hate it, I do my part, but there isnt shit I can do about it. When Longo bitches about it, let me tell you how many shits I give, since talking about how much the Rays attendance sucks donkey balls is the baseball equivalent of “Hot enough for ya?”
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by R.J. Anderson on Jun 21, 2009 3:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions 1 recs
As for FreeZo's opinion that he thought things would have turned around since last year...really?
You expected things to turn around in a year’s time?
You really thought we'd still be drawing 12k in September?
I don’t really remember anyone saying “Yeah, attendance isn’t great now, but it won’t really ever get better.”
I'm hoping, not expecting. Thriving and improving are also not the same things.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
According to B-Ref
Our attendance has ranged between 12,446 and 26,487 in September.
So we aren’t averaging 12k a night.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Where did you qualify your statement with a timeframe?
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Other than "in September".
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
What comment is this?
I thought attendance would be strong in a pennant chase versus May. I wasn’t alone.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
thats a playoff chase. We are still in a pennant chase.
For a site that believes winning the ALE is more impressive than a WS, I’m surprised at the lack of interes.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
That was my opinion in 2008. I don't think a lot of people agreed with it.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Regardless of which is better, both are significant
The chase for the ALE is compelling.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure what you're getting at bringing my opinion up.
I’m not hand-waving the attendance. I don’t know the answer. If I did, the Rays would already know the answer 10 months ago and would probably have the solution in place.
I think it’s silly to get invested emotionally in comments made from players who are first and foremost emotional agents. At the same time, I can see both sides and I’m going to ride the fence because I don’t know how to put the puzzle together.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
I understand both sides as well
Thats why I hate the discussion. THis isn’t about your comment, b.c I thought most people felt the same since the playoffs are referred to as a coin toss.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions
I think I took some heat for it.
I don’t think people believe the playoffs are sort of a crapshoot yet because they still think Shields is having a horriawful season. Doesn’t fit.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
Emotionally a WS win is greater, but the more impressive argument has to go to the ALE
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
That was my argument in 2008.
Now we can make more revenue being the Wild Card.
by R.J. Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Why is that?
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
This should be simple, but I'm missing something
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Cool
You tackled my question regarding merchandise revenue related to the ALE
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Also have to factor the cost of one more cheap bubbly celebration
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Compelling?
When they aren’t playing each other, they take turns saying “I don’t want it, you take it.”
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
They have to justify their excuses, so these games are meaningless.
They’re all meaningless. It’s baseball, not life or death.
Of course, I'm justifying my excuses.
I didn’t attend 60 games in 2008 and 42 games in 2009. Obviously, I’m just fucking lazy.
Don't forget poor, you stupid fucking hick.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Whatever.
I don’t really get y’alls issue. It is embarrassing, and I don’t care if the players speak their mind.
lol, and once again you are angry (they are too)
Its all silly.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm only angry at suttree's bullshit.
I don’t get angry about attendance, but his personal attacks out of nowhere are a dick move.
Not really out of nowhere.
You came off like a douchebag for dismissing Dobbertorrain’s college concerns
Can someone reload the page and tell me if the layout went to shit? I think HAHAHA OH WOW's failed facepalm broke something.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, its whacked out for me.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Need to get an admin in here to delete that post/subthread. Hiding it will still make it borked for those with admin rights.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, that got it. Thanks.
So I should just change my sig to
I hate everyone of color, along with invalids, the old, and the retarded?
by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
mike vick is 2nd-ranked fantasy player after P Manning
in our league.
suck my dick. suck my vick. fuck dogs.
In my league, we track number of crimes committed this year, so Vick is scoring like crap. Fuck Vick.
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by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
He is the Top Dog now
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
I don't have a team in that league
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
Coolio dude
/fist pound
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
He was arrested for gambling, not dog-fighting.
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
can a router shut off automatically if i am doing illegal things?
last night as i watching a webcam thing on motherless… my router booted me. or was it God?
God
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
Never heard of that happening before
Maybe internet crashed at that time?
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
This is you
Hell yeah it is.
Any amount of points can be scored week to week. well, besides 1 point. Any number is as likely to be reached as another, since there’s only one of each number, each has the same chance to be hit. IT’s how the syetemof averages works.
by waltermercier on Sep 21, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
by Andy Hellicksonstine on Sep 28, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
No it can't.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
In other news, gun weilding Texan shoots up a bunch of overworked college kids....
Supposedly dead from self-inflicted wound. Where wre the gun toting TX who carry for self defense when you need them?
Apparently no one was hurt.
How the fuck do you fire an AK-47 in a library without hitting anyone? That’s lucky.
A library in Texas is like a baseball stadium in St Pete
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Libary*
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
It's Texas, numbnuts.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 11:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Excellent point
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Tampa-Bay-Rays-stars-call-low-attendance-at-home?urn=mlb-272868
Headlining story on yahoo front page
by DaPriceIsRight on Sep 28, 2010 11:47 AM EDT reply actions
let me go ahead and click on that
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Is the owners primary goal to 'pack the Trop?
I mean it doesn’t appear as there are that many promotional tikets (discounted), ie Subway, Pepsi, etc, that i see at other team’s who have attendance issues
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why ownership keeps him around is beyond me
I’ve had 2 guys text me today saying his shit makes the comments here unreadable.
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I honestly think ownership wants to do their best to have this attendance issue at the forefront of everyone's ,minds, so they can get a new stadium.
Why else do they announce actual attendance versus tickets sold and the like?
Exactly what i'd hope you'd say
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I’ve had 2 guys text me today saying his shit makes the comments here unreadable.
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I've heard unconfirmed report that they boosted the announced attendance #'s earlier this season to stay above 10K.
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by FreeZorilla on Sep 28, 2010 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions
A return to Disney World in '11?
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why ownership keeps him around is beyond me
I’ve had 2 guys text me today saying his shit makes the comments here unreadable.
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hey guise im going tonight. how should i troll longo??
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by R.J. Anderson on Jun 21, 2009 3:34 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions 1 recs
Dick towel.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I have to pop in to agree. I read that in the paper this morning and almost shit myself that John Romano has the most nuanced take I've read.
The caller said the boy, after removing the bulb from its socket, left the building and threw the bulb on the ground. When the bulb broke, the caller said the boy screamed "To be the best, you have to beat the best…"
by Top Gun Numba 1 on Sep 28, 2010 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
For the record, I'm doing my Masters degree in Mechanical engineering.
Not undergrad.
I’m doing research for my thesis on top of my normal class load. Plus on my “off days” (hah) I commit 10-12 hours to related activities. Last night was the first time in about a month that I’ve been able to watch a Rays game without having to do other shit at the same time. And that was only because I spent saturday night working my ass off so I could enjoy a LITTLE bit of sunday.
Yep.
I’d like to see glasshole try a double major of Financial Accounting and Architecture.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
I went to a liberal arts school. We had everyone from Premed to Business school people in the classes. They were the most interesting and hardest classes I probably took. Also, they’ll teach you how to write an argument and defend it better than any classes you’ll take.
It depends on what you do, and how you invest your time.
If you’re going for business, it’ll be easier than something science related (generalizing here, not to offend). if you study as much as you can do do well, it’ll be harder than someone that just gets by. Just passing college and having high honors, it depends what you put into it.
Its fucking STUPID and incredibly offensive to assume that everyone has an easy time with everything they do. I’m not a dumb person, but the post grad shit is kicking my ass. Undergrad wasn’t easy, I had to put in a lot of time into certain classes. But now I have to put a lot of time into everything I do.
not everyone is as smart or graps things the same way as everyone else.
by blackraven on Sep 28, 2010 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Broad elitist statements are a good way to anger the population. See: Longoria, Price and Glass.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 12:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Wasting enough time on this as it is, not worried about spelling/capitalization/whatever.
and rglass kind of pissed me off.
so what youre saying is that undergrad is easy?
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
by PlayOnWords on Sep 28, 2010 12:50 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't see any Tom Collinses there.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Try being a music performance major. Seriously
At least 18 credit hours per semester. Usually anywhere from 4-5 of those are 1 hour ensemble credits, but actually ensemble actually rehearse for 6-8 hours a week. Then theres the 4+ hours a day you need to be in the practice room, working on your repetoire for studio. Oh and those ensembles? You need to practice that fucking music, too. After that, THEN you have to write a whole goddamn piece for theory and learn about music from the year 1400 that makes you want to rape orphans. Oh and don’t forget about fucking hour long recital you have to perform from memory later this semester!
It’s no engineering path, but I always found it funny when my Poli Sci major friends would complain about how much work they had. I’d basically start at 8AM and get done with rehearsal/practice around 11PM every night. I guess the upside to the music path is that I actually (generally) enjoy what I do every day in school.
"If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library." ~Frank Zappa
My cousin did music performance and I'm definitely aware it takes a ton of time.
Its one of those things that you think is easy till you sit down and talk to someone that did it. Then you realize how hard it really is.
And I didn't even add in all the time I spend drinking/doing drugs.
Add that and you actually get about 28 hours per day.
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this is supposed to reply up there somewhere, oh well
and I’m not bitching about life being hard, I’m just saying that sometimes people actually have other shit to do besides go to games. I chose to do what I’m doing, and I’m not at all upset that it causes me to miss games. I actually want to succeed, so I’m going to put the work and time into it.
If you think this is somehow wrong, you’re a fucking piece of shit.
Your job is going to be harder than your studies preparing you for your job....
that’s what rglass was saying. Good luck with both.
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions
As much as I loathe the attendance debate, I can't let it end until matthan comes in to settle it once and for all
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
It would be interesting to see if either is fined by the team....
I’m not sure that it means anything, but the two guys complaining about the attendance didn’t even play in last night’s game.
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Why would they fine him?
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
because athletes get fined for doing stupid shit all the time
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by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
this isn't football
SORRY OUT FOR A YEAR AND A HALF CAUSE POT RULES
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by putupyourDUKES on Sep 28, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
that would be stupid
they are both 100 percent right.
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by putupyourDUKES on Sep 28, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I never figured we'd agree on this.
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by firemangreg on Jul 21, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Right or wrong, he's the wrong messenger.
I love Casey Fossum. Now try and take me seriously.
by Steve Slowinski on Sep 28, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Topkin is the greatest troll of all time.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
My favorite part is how Longo didn't want it to be a slam against the fans.
No matter what his intent was it’s going to be strewn by the media as bad. So young, so much to learn.
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My favorite part is when the team is moved and we don't have to care anymore.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
NYyank wrote:
Listen, this is a pretty easy solution – move the team. Tampa never wanted a team and never embraced this team. Its a town that can not support a franchise or, like other people mentioned – corporations. I’ve heard for years on end that as soon as the team wins the fans will show. Well there not and they wont and because of that the Rays will soon sink again. Longoria had every right to speak up, the problem was he’s to late! They have admitted they cannot keep their high priced player sand that means next year they will be worse and it will snow ball again. Face it people – Tampa is not a baseball town – well that is until March when the Yankees come back :)
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
"Not a baseball town" is probably the weakest argument you could make.
I could even argue that it’s a better baseball town than New York.
How many pro players come from this state compared to New York?
How many Little League World Series Championship teams ever come from New York?
Including Spring Training, we’ve had baseball the same if not longer in this area then they have.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Baseball is in the soil here, I agree.
This problem is so convoluted at this point, though. WHY TALK ABOUT IT NOW, FUCKFACE LONGO. Why. Rip the fans in November or after we get rolled in the ALDS.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
All I know is that from reading this thread rglass and suttree are literally retarded.
Let me be clear on this, I do not endorse this thread
by sternfan1 on Aug 6, 2010 11:49 AM EDT reply actions
It's soooo arrogant to say "college isn't that hard."
I don’t know what you guys do after you graduate if you think college is hard. Postgrad in engineering? Well duh. It’s post-grad. How many med school or grad school students do you see out partying 5 nights a week? It was a throwaway comment that sutty got his panties in a wad about. HOW DARE YOU JUDGE ME CAUSE I CANT READ GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously why are you defending the fans here?
Yes, the economy is bad, yes the traffic in the TB area is bad, but the rays are the best team in baseball, and the cheapest ticket in sports. There is no realistic reason not to push 20k fans on weeknights, and 30k on weekends.
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by EminenceFront on Sep 28, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions
I have yet to judge ANYONE for not going to games.
I just said I agree with Longo that it’s embarrassing.
There are probably over a half dozen legitimate reasons why. They've been pounded into the ground over and over in the forty five attendance threads on DRB. Go read them.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes I understand this, but it still doesn't excuse the fan base for not showing up to support the team
It’s really fucking embarrassing that the giants pull in 45k a night with a horrible team to watch, and the mariners get at least 20k.
Yes they have new parks, and are in cities least effected by the economy, but come the fuck on. The trop pricing is so god damn low it more then makes up for it. I had row fucking A behind the bullpen, so close i could smell hickey’s hangover, for 40 bucks a pop.
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by putupyourDUKES on Sep 28, 2010 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Shut up
The caller said the boy, after removing the bulb from its socket, left the building and threw the bulb on the ground. When the bulb broke, the caller said the boy screamed "To be the best, you have to beat the best…"
by Top Gun Numba 1 on Sep 28, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Just found this on the Heater: "Tampathey"
Love it.
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by Steve Slowinski on Sep 28, 2010 2:06 PM EDT reply actions
geez
So there was a big drive-by shooting today in the neighborhood I moved out of yesterday. Got out just in time.
Columbia Heights?
I was really surprised to hear about it too. U Street has become so gentrified, it’s hard to imagine this type of thing happening there. From what I understand, the shooting was practically at the front door of Ben’s Chili Bowl.
Where do you live in the District now?
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Sep 28, 2010 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I lived next door to the church where the funeral was on 13th ST between U and V.
I live near the Van Ness metro now. Out more in the burbs, but still a pretty cool area. Wanted to move in to a bigger house, and all the ones we looked at in Columbia Heights didn’t work for one reason or the other. I’m excited to learn the ins and outs of a new area of the city.
The gentrification of U St. is a pretty hot button issue, and I think part of Fenty’s losing to Grey was a perception that he fostered gentrification. Last night the area was so quiet though. I had some more cleaning to do at the old place, and it was the quietest I’d seen it on a Tuesday since the snowstorms. CRAZY. There were 2 news vans parked outside my old house. they tried to get me to talk to them, but I have no desire to be on the local news.
One of my professors lives pretty close to you, I was talking about the area with him some.
Cleveland Park is nice. I like pretty much the entire Connecticut Avenue corridor, it’s a neat urban corridor, but the neighborhoods along it north of Dupont Circle are very quiet considering how connected it is. I like Foggy Bottom, it’s in a really convenient location, but it’s character is largely dominated by it’s function as an office district. The restaurants, thus, are expensive, and things really quiet down at nights and on weekends. The university is the only thing keeping the area from being more than a 9 to 5 district. I think if I had to choose a place to live in D.C., I’d very much prefer either something close to Connecticut, or maybe something on Capitol Hill or in Barracks Row.
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Sep 29, 2010 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
CapHill is probs a good spot to live for access to GW too because of Orange line.
If you like night life there isn’t much better than living in the heart of U St. though. Some of the best going out spots in the city all in walking distance (Ad-Mo, U st, DuPont), and the only ones you really miss out on are Gtown (bleh unless you’re in college or a summer intern) or CapHill which is a short cab ride. I’d imagine, though, that youngstar that you are CapHill/G-town/AdMo is the primary watering holes for your age-group. Can’t remember where my cousin said she goes (apart from The Black Cat and 930 in U St).
You'd be surprised.
I’m pretty lame in that regard. If there’s good live music, which places on U Street definitely have, I’m happy to go. On the whole though, that’s not really my thing. One element to it is that I simply don’t have the money to be shelling out for covers, and places that attract the GW crowd have exorbitant cover charges. People make up for it by pregaming, but too many of them make asses of themselves and I don’t really like to associate with that.
Maybe that type of thing will appeal to me when I have more money and a more mature crowd, but the many costs just aren’t worth prioritizing it.
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Sep 30, 2010 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions
with my new found singledom, I've decided to spend a ton of time in the gym
dennis renyolds is who I will aspire to emulate
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From reading here, the Heater, raysbaseball.com...
I haven’t read one person say that they’re going to pick up a ticket and go support the team in light of Longoria’s comments. Except for HAHAHA OH WOW and he’s doing it facetiously.
This is going to get much, much worse.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, no callers that I heard on 620 said they decided to pick up a ticket.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh so it didn't circle the wagons and rally the troops
CALL ME SHOCKED
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
if i lived there I would go to at least one-two games a week. Easy.
in 2007, when we were trash I went to about 30 games, and I lived in hyde park
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by putupyourDUKES on Sep 28, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions
That is such an incredible easy thing to say. And impossible to respond to. Good for you. Move back. The team needs you.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
As an outsider living in Calif
I see a bit of hypocrisy here. Most complain about the media views on this attendance issue, but when 3 fanpost start threads about it, the fire rages out of control, and you actually become the same problem that you hate. When you become consumed about an issue you have no control over, you actually divert the energy in the the one thing you actually love…GO RAYS, from a Tribe fan
You know what is good fun
when the dorm has the fire alarm go off 5 times in the span of 15 minutes just to turn off after 5 seconds.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
where do you go to school?
at usf I used to have that problem constantly when I lived on campus like 4 years ago.
U of Tampa
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
by SRQman on Sep 28, 2010 3:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
The worst was the fire alarms at like 4 am on Thursday morning.
Going out on Tuesday and just falling asleep to have to get back up was awful with class the next day.
Wow, you certainly need a lot of sleep to feel rested.
Over 24 hours? Impressive.
I love Casey Fossum. Now try and take me seriously.
by Steve Slowinski on Sep 28, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you seen Top Chef: Just Desserts?
Boom. Outta Here.
by Ryan Gilliss on Sep 28, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't watch Dessert shows.
I don’t bake, so it just bores me. Also, I’m stoned usually and would try to eat the TV. Maybe when tastivision comes along.
We had our first fire alarm yesterday.
Luckily it was at 11am and I was coming back from class when it happened. This being college, everyone actually in the dorm at 11am was asleep. Still, it made my decision to go to lunch that much easier.
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Sep 28, 2010 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Thing that sucks
I’m a lot less excited for a celebration tonight
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
Just this whole situation
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by sternfan1 on Aug 12, 2010 3:33 PM EDT
It doesn't effect the monumental nature of the event.
I just don’t get how people who have invested so much in teh team get upset that the players APPRECIATE that support and want more of it.
People take it as a personal indictment of their fanhood...raging shitstorm ensues.
Hell, my initial reaction was WTF and I was at the game. It’s taken the shine off it a little bit knowing that the story tonight isn’t going to be about them clinching; it’s how many there were weren’t to see it.
It definitely distracts from the on-field success
And that should really be the focus right now. I’m more of a pessimist/contrarian than SRQ, and it definitely disheartens me to hear that coming from him. Prior to today my biggest worries were allotting postseason ticket passwords to my friends/family, and making banners to say goodbye to CC tomorrow. This just dampens the mood.
by GomesSweetGomes on Sep 28, 2010 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Thoughts from a Rangers fan.
I was really interested in coming over and reading TB fan reactions to the Longoria/Price attendance flap, and after reading this thread, I’ve got a few thoughts.
(Feel free to ignore this, encourage me to die in a fire, whatever you see fit.)
-Someone asked the question above why people can’t discuss this without emotion. I’d counter that with the idea that (on a national scale) baseball teams are generally perceived as a reflection of the community from whence they come. When someone tells me that the Rangers suck (they’re usually right, but that’s beside the point), I always equate that with their saying that Dallas sucks. Well, Dallas is my home, and I’m damn proud of it. Beyond that (and this is hard for people to understand sometimes), I think that moreso than any sport, baseball is an inherently emotional sport. You get tied to your team because they’re part of your life at least 162 times each year and, if you’re really lucky, a few times more. That forms a bond, and when you have a situation like this where the bond is strained or perceived as unrequited, it hurts. It’s allowed to hurt. In some ways, it’s supposed to hurt. I can totally understand the emotion involved here.
-What Evan Longoria and David Price said was not kosher. Forget being baseball players; they need to be smart enough humans to understand the perception that will dictate this story. Rich guys complaining that poor people are poor. That’s not necessarily reality, but it’s the narrative that’s been created, and they pushed.
-What Evan Longoria and David Price said was not factually incorrect. The attendance, from the outsider’s perspective that I have, has been low. They’re allowed to speak their mind; they just did so without considering the ramifications of their actions. If you want to be a leader and give “a rallying cry” to the fan base, make a commercial, Evan. Don’t spout off to a reporter about it.
-I’m sorry, TB fans. It seems like you’re being thrust into a really crappy situation, then being blamed nationally simply for falling victim to a really crappy situation. That’s really crappy.
-David Price: stop Tweeting. Just…stop it. Every time CJ Wilson Tweets, I’m afraid he’s going to admit to killing a hooker or something. There’s no upside for a professional athlete to Tweet. Also, David Price: your fastball makes me tingly in my sex-doin’ parts.
-If you guys could go play the Twins in the first round instead of the Rangers, that would be swell. I’d prefer not to get swept again.
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by ghtd36 on Sep 28, 2010 4:56 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
josh hamilton should tweet
last night i did banged a hooker, and shot up black tar heroin. Then I found jesus in the morning, im so inspirational
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by putupyourDUKES on Sep 28, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for your courage.
"Don’t want to spend my night waiting in line unless it’s for more beer."
--EssBee, on LoneStarBall, Jan. 21, 2010
If you want to be a leader and give "a rallying cry" to the fan base, make a commercial, Evan. Don’t spout off to a reporter about it.
Now taht’s a good idea. He and Price should buy 1000 tix for kids and make a commercial about it.
I'll rec that.
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by sternfan1 on Aug 21, 2010 8:42 PM PDT up reply actions
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