Jan
18
Friday Night Open Thread
ByHappy Friday, everyone. If you’re going out tonight, dress warm because it is frickin’ freezin’ out there. If you’re staying at home, use this as your open thread. The Nets are playing tonight, but talk about whatever you like. Have at it.
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He’s baaackk….
Hopefully this time not on the 40-man roster.
http://www.baseball-reference......rona001ree
Ahh good old el duque
He looks great considering he was about 46 in that picture.
Man, when I was a kid in little league, there were two pitchers that we all tried to copy our windups off of: Nomo, and El Duque. I tried the El Duque for awhile, but ended up modeling myself after David Cone when all was said and done.
Wait a second. Are you fucking kidding me? You had coaches who let you try to imitate two of the most ridiculous, least fluid pitching windups ever? Holy fucking shitballs.
There’s no way they did this during the actual games. Come on JJ, restore our faith in Little League coaches.
No, not during games! But in practice, and in pick up games? Hell yeah! Every 10-12 year old at the time wanted to perfect those motions, they were bad ass for us.
The fact that I ended up imitating Cone’s wind up is because I could never perfect El Duque’s high leg kick. My deception lied in hiding it behind the glove as long as possible.
I can see that since their motions were so unique. This will sound like a “get off my lawn” moment, but one thing I miss over the years are the unique pitching motions, and to some degree hitting stances, that I used to see more when I was a kid in the 70s. A Jim Palmer or Juan Marichal or Luis Tiant had very distinctive motions. I think the homiginzation of motions is a good idea and probably helps reduce injuries, but as a kid, I loved the unique motions.
Hey! Get off my parents’ lawn!
Hey! Get out of your parents basement!
I had a feeling that might succeed in getting you to pay attention to me again. I must say, I felt slighted that you turned your trollin’ eyes to jjyank.
But I don’t need to get out of the basement. I have my own room, thank you very much!
And, no, it’s not in the basement.
Touche, I fell in your troll trap..
Peace and love, peace and love.
This is where that I’m glad I love reggae. Even though I haven’t blazes in over 2 and a half years, the message is still with me. Peace, love, and unity. And everyone else can go fuck themselves in Babylon.
Pro tip: Dan Gold lives in Babylon.
One tribe, y’all.
Chat today? Mike did you do a chat?
He said he might miss a few I believe.
Look! When Yankee Stadium actually had fans going to games.
*buh dum pishhhhh*
OK, I just stumbled upon this. I can’t make up my mind, so I’m asking RAB Nation for some help.
Is this trolling at its finest or is this someone who should never have been allowed to procreate?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13...../209577594
Looking at some of his other posts…I’m honestly not sure. Maybe a bit of both?
No idea, but honestly I wouldn’t care either way.
I wouldn’t say that I care, but I like to try and empathize with people. This is one of those areas where I simply can’t empathize because I could never conceive of having such notions. And yet I try.
I’ve just always found that disliking/hating people for general reasons is beyond stupid. If you’re going to hate someone, jeez, take the time to come up with a specific reason.
I find that sometimes it’s just not worth it to give certain ideas serious thought. They’re just so wildly out of touch that it’s impossible.
Like, I’m not even offended by the Westboro Baptist Church. Why be offended at a five year old sticking their tongue out and giving a raspberry?
I have a similar attitude with comments like that.
Tangent: I am offended by the Westboro Baptist Church. And I’m a fucking atheist. But despite my atheism, I am technically a confirmed Presbyterian. So fuck them, and anyone who uses a god as an excuse to hate. That statement is equally applied to all religions, by the way.
I used to be offended by them, then I realized that taking them seriously just empowers them. Now I just look at them like the joke they are and generally just ignore what they’re doing completely.
You’re probably not going to see this, but as a religious person it surprises me that you aren’t offended by them. I understand your logic on why you aren’t, but if I considered myself religious I would be offended by their use of God as the reason for their hate.
I get what you’re saying. But when people are that batshit crazy nothing they say is going to be perceived as a condemnation of Christians or religion by any right thinking person, because it’s obvious to anybody with a brain that most religious people are nothing like them.
If I act offended by their use of God as an excuse it just means I find their ideas sane enough to address-and I don’t.
In other words, Pat is right-they’re a hate group, not a Church.
Here’s the first way to not get offended by them: Don’t think of them as a “church.” Think of them for what they are: a hate group. Same as the KKK and Neo-Nazis.
Kinda hard to say since trolling at its finest would look like someone who should never have been allowed to procreate
Or IMO, trolling at its finest in some circumstances would also mean they’re someone who should never have been allowed to procreate
I’m sure it’s a troll. Well, mostly sure. Sorta sure. Kinda sure. Maybe sure.
So we got a Church to sponsor us.
This simplifies things a ridiculous amount, and I’m frankly VERY relieved.
Good to hear (not being sarcastic)
Yeah, thanks. It’s a big deal, and currently I’m writing my thank you back right now.
Good luck with that. Personally those aren’t a picnic for me since I tend to be too generic with any kind of expression of gratitude.
Hey Guys, great down here in Miami. Getting my tan back. What up in NYC?
I’m not speaking to you since you proved me wrong last night.
Ah, shit.
That was a fake above, FWIW.
#ataurinal
#bowie
How do we know?
Outside the fact it didn’t “sound” anything like you.
The first was a fake. The second was me. As proof, jjyank will be able to confirm that I’m about to check in on FB to where I’m eating.
If by NYC, you mean DC, then things are good
Enjoy the rest of your vacation dude.
It’s cold, and incredibly boring directly west of the bridge, besides the incredible boredom I’m sure the otherside of the GWB is very much the same.
Welcome to Crappy Catcher Musical Chairs, Bobby Wilson:
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-yo.....bby-wilson
I have to assume he’s Romine’s backup in Scranton.
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb.....ention-mlb
Solid piece on the window of contention.
I was half expecting them to say 2013. Since I don’t have insider, it must be that ESPN has some confidence in some of our prospects.
hahaha “cold” in NYC. It’s 14 degrees here and very windy. Not a fun walk.
Gonna be around that for the majority of next week here. Totally understand what you mean.
See, we actually had a pretty day today in New Orleans. Which I was very thankful for since it’s been doing it’s annual Seattle impersonation since we got back to school.
A week ago, however, it was 75 degrees and had been for 2 weeks. I do not miss the weather up there.
Where do you go to school down there?
Tulane. It is quite the place.
I lived near Tulane for awhile. Snake and Jake’s Christmas Bar is my favorite dive of all time.
Fun picture. Future HOFer Babe Ruth signing authograph for one of his many kid fans. Just so happens the kid was George Mikan, who would one day be inducted in the basketball HOF. Both men radically changed their sports.
http://www.legendaryauctions.c.....1a_lg.jpeg
I clicked the picture before I read the comment and I was half scared seeing how the kid ain’t that much shorter than Ruth.
Yeah, totally. Guess it made sense since Mikan would eventually introduce the big-man’s game to the sport.
The photo was shot in 1934. Mikan would have been nine-years-old, maybe ten.
RIP Prop Joe
…why is there nothing on at midnight on friday night? Freaking 150+ channels and I’m watching The Fast and The Furious on TNT.
I have an 8:30 class on Saturdays for the next two months. So I pretty much have to go to bed as soon as I’m done watching the 2004 Royal Rumble match.
Saturday AM class? That’s rough!! Also thanks for reminding me…I start on Tuesday..hooray (sets noose up)
It’s part of the “adult” class programs at the college I’m attending. Yea, hopefully I won’t want to kill myself for agreeing to it come this time tomorrow.
I’ve always preferred late classes to classes that early. And I HATE late classes.
Look on the bright side, I know someone who knew someone who had a 2h exam at 8AM, and I think that it might have been in the winter.
I got reruns of Friends and already-seen re-runs of Deadliest Warrior.
This Duque video got me thinking…Chapman was probably the biggest Yankee miss since Beltran. He definitely has one of the highest entertainment factors in baseball, although I wouldn’t have bet on the Yankees to not under-utilize him like the Reds have so far.
The way Schaap just broke down his interview with MT is crazy. Sounds pretty convincing that he in fact was not in on the hoax.
Scratch that. Way too many holes in what he says happened. This thing is so damn confusing I think he just hopes people lose interest. What a mess…
I was at this game.
Can we really have an El Duque thread without this?
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play......8;c_id=mlb
thanks for that. awesome.
El Duque was one of my favorites both during his first stint and the second time (still trying to figure out why the Yankees didn’t keep him the 2nd time around).
He was tremendously injury-prone and wasn’t all that effective as a White Sox if I remember correctly.
Granted, I would have rather had him than Wright or Pavano or Brown but that was already done.
Randy Johnson actually made sense at the time.