Baseball Gods, Take Three

[bealeblues]

thanks for playing, red saux.... you are yet again the fvckmuffins' bitch....

i hate the fvckmuffins....

[Avalon]

We should rename this thread something like: The I love to bitch thread, or the I am so happy I could spit thread; cause I gotta tell ya..I don't think the gods are with you guys:p

[bealeblues]

it's original concept was a thread for me to bitch at the baseball gods for ripping my heart out and stringing me along all season... bu that won't kick in for real until september, so posts from now until then are just a way to fill space...

[Avalon]

Okay, I just go bake some more cookies and pat your hand til then....;)

[dinzdale]

Coincidence?

Our hero returns to the colonies....
.....and Gagne blows a load ....*cough*... I mean lead?

[bealeblues]

well he IS canadian after all.....

[red]

I almost burned my jersey on Saturday.

[dinzdale]

Your next-to-lastros one?

[bealeblues]

yes, because the braves are doing ever so well....

[dinzdale]

Only 3 1/2 out, Knobless :)

It's great to be in a crap division.....

[bealeblues]

yes it is. proof: the padres are in first place in my division. another sign of the apocalypse.... if the IRC hits first place, i'm shutting it down for good....

ha, like there's a chance of that!

[priceyfatprude]

SUCK IT, CUBBIES!!!!

[nycwriters]

This is me drunk, everything makes sense to me, but may not to you, be warned

Last summer each time we broke up, it poured rain here. This summer, us breaking up means the Yankees get smacked on the behind. They lost to DETROIT?!!

I consider it justice.

[sparticle]

You should have done it before they beat Boston in the ALC last year. Would have saved EVERYONE grief. :D

I am not, of course, making fun of your situation, but since we're examining the possibilites, I am going to think like a Sox fan for a moment here -- they're my second team after the Tribe. ;) I'd like to see them break the Curse of the Bambino, though I actually think it's the Curse of Jackie Robinson that's really holding them back, and in that case it's deservedly so.

[sparticle]

Originally posted by bealeblues
yes it is. proof: the padres are in first place in my division. another sign of the apocalypse.... if the IRC hits first place, i'm shutting it down for good....

ha, like there's a chance of that!

We shall see -- new kid on the block Howry is showing a great deal of promise, and they sent Jiminez down to the fvcking minors where he belongs. As long as our offense doesn't face a string of finesse pitchers we actually stand a chance, I think. Wickman's back, too, so we may get somewhere.

[bealeblues]

well let's hurry that up and get it somewhere so i can shut down my baseball season early....

[sparticle]

ha ha ha...you know you won't.....

Stephen King should write a book about baseball fans. Besides, that is, "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", which rawks.

I'm serious, though. It's like that shit they get in "The Tommyknockers". Even though we see ourselves transforming into alien zombies every season, we keep going back to the source of the signal. LOL

[bealeblues]

i hate baseball

[Klynne]

Originally posted by sparticle
ha ha ha...you know you won't.....

Stephen King should write a book about baseball fans. Besides, that is, "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", which rawks.

I'm serious, though. It's like that shit they get in "The Tommyknockers". Even though we see ourselves transforming into alien zombies every season, we keep going back to the source of the signal. LOL

Love Mr. King. Just read his latest in The Dark Tower series. "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" rocked.

Oh, and the Tigers, can you believe it. Our teams in Michigan normally suck. But, guess the Pistons did ok, and we are really hopeful about the Lions. We shall see.....

[sparticle]

Originally posted by bealeblues
i hate baseball

Yeah, and I'm a 25-year-old virgin with waist-length blonde hair, a huge rack and a trust fund.

Come on! :rolleyes:

[sparticle]

Originally posted by Klynne
Love Mr. King. Just read his latest in The Dark Tower series. "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon" rocked.

Oh, and the Tigers, can you believe it. Our teams in Michigan normally suck. But, guess the Pistons did ok, and we are really hopeful about the Lions. We shall see.....

Well, there's also the Red Wings!

As for Stephen King, when I read "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", I was in awe. I mean, I knew he could do stuff like "The Stand", and I already loved him for it. But he got credibly inside the head of a nine-year-old girl (who was very like the nine-year-old girl I once was) and wrote a very believable, very powerful piece of fiction that, though it contained elements of horror, was really more about the human spirit. Very cool. I adore Stephen King.

[Klynne]

Originally posted by sparticle
Well, there's also the Red Wings!

As for Stephen King, when I read "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", I was in awe. I mean, I knew he could do stuff like "The Stand", and I already loved him for it. But he got credibly inside the head of a nine-year-old girl (who was very like the nine-year-old girl I once was) and wrote a very believable, very powerful piece of fiction that, though it contained elements of horror, was really more about the human spirit. Very cool. I adore Stephen King.

With the risk of hijacking this thread, sorry this belongs under the "Good Reads" thread, "The Green Mile" was great. It was all about forgiveness and redemption. Loved it. Now, on to baseball. Sorry....

[bealeblues]

*cough* YES, BACK TO BASEBALL *cough*

wait, i hate baseball....

[Deviate]

don't worry. in a few short months football will be here. then you can watch a real sport.

[bealeblues]

now see how this works? i start ranting about how i hate baseball, and then the dodgers go on a hot streak, the bastards go cold, and suddenly the dodgers are back in first place.... fvcking baseball gods--- looks like they're gonna string me along for a while yet......

jackasses.....

[Avalon]

Here is something to take your mind off those pesky baseball things..
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Oops. Ashley Judd Locked Out Naked

How embarrassing! Ashley Judd was just trying to do her yoga in a secluded hotel cabin in Yosemite National Park. The Associated Press reports that the star of "De-Lovely" was buck naked when she leaned outside her door to get her yoga mat and the door suddenly slammed shut behind her. Oops.


So Ashley did what any resourceful woman would do. She picked up that mat and fashioned a covering of sorts and boldly walked to the lobby of the Ahwahnee Hotel to get a second key. As if walking into that lobby covered only by a yoga mat wasn't enough, Ashley said she realized later that her face was smeared with pimple cream. Judd told AP she likes being "in a cathedral of trees and the sanctuary of canyons."

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Now there is a visual for ya!! ;)

[daverbee]

Originally posted by Avalon
Here is something to take your mind off those pesky baseball things..
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Oops. Ashley Judd Locked Out Naked

How embarrassing! Ashley Judd was just trying to do her yoga in a secluded hotel cabin in Yosemite National Park. The Associated Press reports that the star of "De-Lovely" was buck naked when she leaned outside her door to get her yoga mat and the door suddenly slammed shut behind her. Oops.


So Ashley did what any resourceful woman would do. She picked up that mat and fashioned a covering of sorts and boldly walked to the lobby of the Ahwahnee Hotel to get a second key. As if walking into that lobby covered only by a yoga mat wasn't enough, Ashley said she realized later that her face was smeared with pimple cream. Judd told AP she likes being "in a cathedral of trees and the sanctuary of canyons."

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Now there is a visual for ya!! ;)
Ashley Judd wearing a yoga mat and pimple cream...hmmmmmm...sounds good to me!

[sparticle]

When I first read this, I read it "a cathedral of trees and the sanctuary of crayons". LOL Must...get...more..coffee.....

Bealie, the Yankees are in no immediate danger of choking and puking, being 6 games ahead of the Sox, but we're glad you're back on baseball. :)

[bealeblues]

baseball sucks.

see, maybe i missed the boat by just saying dodgers suck-- once i started attacking all of baseball, they started winning and the sf bastards started losing. so let's see how long this lasts.

baseball sucks.

[Avalon]

Hey, I tried to cheer you up with visions of a naked Ashley Judd.
Pfft..if that didn't do it, I am thinking maybe some Paxil and a nap:p

[sparticle]

Originally posted by bealeblues
baseball sucks.

see, maybe i missed the boat by just saying dodgers suck-- once i started attacking all of baseball, they started winning and the sf bastards started losing. so let's see how long this lasts.

baseball sucks.

Unh-uh. It only works if you're unaware you're doing it. Conscious effort is cheating and renders it ineffective.

[bealeblues]

delete that post sparty. delete it immediately.

[ally]

Originally posted by sparticle
Well, there's also the Red Wings!

As for Stephen King, when I read "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon", I was in awe. I mean, I knew he could do stuff like "The Stand", and I already loved him for it. But he got credibly inside the head of a nine-year-old girl (who was very like the nine-year-old girl I once was) and wrote a very believable, very powerful piece of fiction that, though it contained elements of horror, was really more about the human spirit. Very cool. I adore Stephen King.
hmm, i used to hae a boyfriend called tom gordon when i was 14. i didn't love him though, i do know a girl who did however & i think they're still together. sorry, i don't know jack schitt about baseball.

[sparticle]

Originally posted by bealeblues
delete that post sparty. delete it immediately.

Whaddya gonna do if I don't? Whad'll ya give me if I do? (Or should that be the other way around?) ;)

[sparticle]

Originally posted by ally
hmm, i used to hae a boyfriend called tom gordon when i was 14. i didn't love him though, i do know a girl who did however & i think they're still together. sorry, i don't know jack schitt about baseball.

Neither does one of our local sportswriters (Bud Shaw, just to keep his name out of it) , and he's made a goddam career out of it! ;)

There's always a bright side to things... :D

[rmr]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1996/gallery/340/patsy.jpg

[sparticle]

Hurrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yy

...for Lou Merloni!!!!

[dinzdale]

Great showing in the all star game from your Ass-tro pals, Red.

[priceyfatprude]

Seventh Inning Stretch @ Wrigley is not the same w/o Harry Caray.

Today they picked someone who sang too fast. :(

GO POSEDNIK GO!

[bealeblues]

2 1/2 games up. about time for the wheels to fall off....

[bealeblues]

here's the first piece in the dodgers' eventual demise:

we aquired a reliever-- yes, a freakin' reliever-- from the IRC. WTF IS THAT CRAP?

Stewart was 0-2 with a 7.24 ERA in 23 games with the Indians this season. The left-hander was sent down to Triple-A Buffalo in early July.

[sparticle]

Jesus, when the hell did that happen? We still show him on the Bisons' roster. Was this today? Who'd we get for him? Your team bat boy? The lady who sells popcorn?

[Coffee]

Originally posted by bealeblues
here's the first piece in the dodgers' eventual demise:

we aquired a reliever-- yes, a freakin' reliever-- from the IRC. WTF IS THAT CRAP?

Originally posted by sparticle
Jesus, when the hell did that happen? We still show him on the Bisons' roster. Was this today? Who'd we get for him? Your team bat boy? The lady who sells popcorn?

This always cracks me up....you guys own teams? Or do you feel like investors for giving them so much time, energy and money over the years?

heh.

[bealeblues]

i've put in my fvcking dues, so yes, i own part of my miserable team. or it owns me, not sure which.

at least mine won the series in '88. a bit rougher for poor sparty....

[sparticle]

Originally posted by Coffee
This always cracks me up....you guys own teams? Or do you feel like investors for giving them so much time, energy and money over the years?

heh.

Christ, as much money as I've blown on tickets, gear and assorted other crap over the years, they should be the goddamn Cleveland Sparticles. Which, come to think of it, would be a hell of a lot less offensive than "Cleveland Indians" anyway, and the uniforms would be cooler.

Don' t even think I missed that last comment, beale. I'm just doubling up by responding to you in this thread: :P

[bealeblues]

typical dodger bullshit.

wave goodbye to adrian beltre

wave goodbye to shawn green

that division title was fun while it lasted..... hey sparty, i'm coming to join you in the cellar

[sparticle]

heh -- we'll leave the light on for ya.