Off-Topic: January
by Kurt Mensching on Jan 26, 2010 8:01 PM EST
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I saw this at Fear The Fin, actually. I know I came down pretty hard on making sure everyone remains discussing the topic at hand. But I didn't really provide a place for people to talk about whatever they want. I know the Off Topic threads are pretty popular around these parts, so I don't want to take them away.
Thus: Off Topic: January.
Talk about whatever you want. We'll bump this to the top as necessary and provide a new off-topic post every month. If it gets too many comments, we'll provide a second post.
Enjoy!
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Ooooh the possibilities are almost endless
But are you sure we can’t discuss Justin Verlander’s dominance?
by TigerFanInCleveland on Jan 13, 2010 9:39 PM EST reply actions
Same here. I'd be happy to discuss Justin's awesomeness.
Though I get the feeling there’s more of a backstory. Did I miss something while I was away?
by SabreRoseTiger on Jan 14, 2010 5:34 PM EST up reply actions
no, just sayin
JV rules. I could have posted about Haiti but man that is just depressing, and frankly I’d rather let my donation do the talking for me.
by TigerFanInCleveland on Jan 15, 2010 1:38 AM EST up reply actions
So Conan's getting screwed over
What crap… NBC’s execs need to be fired… out of a cannon. Into the sun.
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Conan’s monologs/show have been KILLING it though since it came out. Just amazing humor. He had one tonight about what “NBC is doing to make the winter games better” and he had a quip of “Replacing the flags on all slalom poles with breached contracts.”
Had me rolling.
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I agree with this and metatron's comment
he’s not pulling punches and is even funnier for it.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 14, 2010 6:50 AM EST up reply actions
Silver lining.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 14, 2010 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
I think he doesn't care anymore.
I always felt that his biggest problem was that he was trying to hard. Now that he’s all but quit, I guess that block lifted itself.
I love how Letterman and Kimmel have Conan's back.
Personally I hope Conan ends up at a different network. NBC really doesn’t deserve his awesomeness.
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That's because everyone (everyone being me) hates Leno
he’s a douche…….he’s pompous, he’s not funny, and his voice is horribly squeaky
include everyone (under the age of 40?) in your everyone
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 14, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
I don't hate him
He’s amusing… but not genuinely funny.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 14, 2010 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
+1
if I catch anything on The Tonight Show and actually laugh, it’s always the video edits not Leno himself.
by TigerFanInCleveland on Jan 15, 2010 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
I never really watched the Tonight Show,
but if Conan leaves NBC, I will definitely miss his 30 Rock cameos. Hopefully, they will still make cracks about him even if he’s off the network. “Who is Conan O’Brien? And why is she so sad?” Priceless. At least they’ll still have Brian Williams.
I hope wherever he goes we get to see the masturbating bear again
he toned things way down for the Tonight show.
Pimpbot
That’s going way back. The only living remains I have of his appearances are from Conan’s 5th Anniversary special (downloadable on torrents). I wish I could find more.
I miss the Walker lever.
Though I guess there’s only a finite number of clips.
by StringTheory on Jan 14, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
If they take the Tonight Show away
I want him to showcase the Masturbating Bear in EVERY episode until he leaves.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 14, 2010 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
if he ends up at fox...
things will be back to normal for coco I think.
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Agreed!
Also, what happened to Joel Goddard? His appearances were twisted and hilarious. Did they just decide not to bring him over to 11:35 or did he have enough?
It doesn't matter to me whether Conan hosts the Tonight Show or not
I just want Jay Leno around in some fashion. I don’t care if it’s at 10:00, 11:35, or 3:27 in the morning. I love his Headlines segment.
by SabreRoseTiger on Jan 14, 2010 5:32 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, that's the only great thing about Leno
I wonder where he came up with the idea.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 14, 2010 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
That's interesting, because I always thought Letterman got that bit from Johnny Carson...
…or so my family informed me (considering I was eight years old when Carson went off the air, I kinda had to take their word for it). I like Letterman’s “Small Town News,” but he only does it, like, once every six months as far as I can tell.
by SabreRoseTiger on Jan 14, 2010 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
No, that doesn't make his lack of any other relevant comedic material worth him being on the air.
Leno is past being culturally relevant… about a decade or so past.
I guess that makes me culturally irrelevant as well
I just don’t find Conan funny (except for the bits when he’s pretending to drive his desk and there’s a green screen behind it, but I haven’t seen him do that for years). Letterman’s okay, I suppose, though he’s gotta be the most random person I’ve ever seen.
Geez, no wonder I watch a lot of British stuff.
by SabreRoseTiger on Jan 14, 2010 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
I absolutely love conan...
and I’ve always believed him to be one of the classiest guys in show biz and after reading his press release about the whole ordeal…I believe it to still be true.
A guy who goes from comedy writer to national tv host has to always stay true to himself to remain successful. Conan has obviously done that.
Whether you find him funny or not is your opinion, but ya gotta respect the guy for being so successful after coming out of literally no where.
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I made this pic my profile pic on facebook.
because I’m with COCO.
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by madpoopz on Jan 17, 2010 10:31 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Catching Watchmen on HBO
A large part of the movie isn’t that good, but the intro through the beginning titles is damn near perfect.
I'm kinda torn on how much I like that movie.
kinda like how I’m torn about avatar. I’ve never actually read the graphic novel so I really can’t judge the movie until than anyway.
Avatar by the way: Great visual experience…disney level story.
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I never got the uproar over Avatar
If I wanted great visuals, I’d go watch Planet Earth.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 15, 2010 1:30 AM EST up reply actions
pretty much.
I think I like this Pocahontas more though.
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Still shouldn't have won Best Drama
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by David Tokarz on Jan 19, 2010 12:49 PM EST up reply actions
for real...
I didn’t find it all that dramatic. Just kinda thrown together and than made pretty.
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well the 3d was pretty impressive...
I’d give it a B+ overall.
My problem is that if you’re going to spend all that time and money on making a movie, why not make a more endearing story to go with it?
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Because you're James Cameron
You’ve never done so in the past; why start now? Money is gonna be rolling in either way.
just bought my fiance's uncle the entire DVD set for X-mas
and watched a bunch of eps with him. It’s pretty amazing. He’s climbed a bunch of mountains all over the world and drove all the way to Alaska this past summer, and even he’s blown away. Those Planet Earth guys camp out for days, even weeks, looking for a quick 10 second shot. It’s absurd.
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It's funny you say that.
I just saw this the other day.
by StringTheory on Jan 15, 2010 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
lol
I saw that on fail blog.
I was thinking it before I saw the pic but it’s just so true.
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does anybody watch the show "the good wife"?
I meant to watch it, but when it started I was distracted with other stuff. so all the episodes are sitting on my DVR. worth watching?
Sorry for an irrelevant reply (though this is the off-topic thread), but I remember suggesting Dexter S4. With hindsight, I want to retract that.
by StringTheory on Jan 15, 2010 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
funny you asked that...
my wife and I never intend to do this, but we have watched 80% of the episodes, and find ourselves keenly interested in the storyline. The acting is excellent – we pretty much hate certain characters (that momma is a beeatch!!), and the role of the wife is played really well, albeit maybe even ‘too’ dry and unemotional at times for bein a hard as$. i’d recommend watching them if i were u – you’ll know it soon enough if u like it.
by TigerFanInCleveland on Jan 16, 2010 12:37 AM EST up reply actions
I bought bass guitar strings that were at one point cryogenically frozen...
I thought that was interesting.
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I really, really, really want to buy a bass. I’m decent at guitar but want to learn bass as well.
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I've always wanted to play the bass
But I don’t have time… it’s a shame. Maybe after law/grad school.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 15, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
The only thing on bass that I'm having trouble picking up is slap bass...
it’s the only technique I can’t get a hold of. I can do the raking, muting, thumb positioning—anything fingerstyle or pick really…I just can’t get the hang of slap bass. It’s sad because I have a riff or 2 that are ideal for slap.
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and I started on bass at 15...
I got a cheap Silvertone starter pack and bought a book to learn on. Now I do both guitar and bass, but I still consider myself a bassist first in for most. I think in bass clef.
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I taught myself guitar and what I’ve learned in around 6-7 years could’ve been learned in 2-3. i know nothing about music notation or anything outside of just music tabs online.
It’s still always been a dream to be in a band that tours and makes just enough money to not let me starve. I think if given the choice between running a baseball team or touring like I just described, I’d choose the latter.
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by Mike Rogers on Jan 16, 2010 12:41 AM EST up reply actions
I spent 7 years in band...
concert, symphonic, jazz, and marching band playing trumpet, mellowphone, and bass guitar. I don’t mean to flaunt my credentials but more or less to make a point that some of the best musicians and composers out there know absolutely nothing about musical theory. Knowing how to properly transpose from an Eb instrument to a Bb is pretty irrelevant in terms of making great music. Music is the most beautiful thing because it is interpreted by the listener and only the listener. If the listener thinks that a chord comprised of 3 conflicting notes is beautiful, than it has to be beautiful. In my opinion there is no ’general consensus of suckage" within the art world. As long as one person finds it endearing, than the artistry is successful.
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Word, I agree for sure. And growing up loving punk music, I can attest that the music itself doesn’t have be intricate and wonderfully fleshed out to be inspirational and impactful.
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by Mike Rogers on Jan 16, 2010 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
speaking of punk rock...
Time for a shameless self promotion of my music. In relation to punk rock this has a very fast “punk rock” ending. ENJOY!
http://www.last.fm/music/Some+Sorta+Giant/Some+Sorta+Giant/Coustic
Shameless self promotion concluded. Wait, not shameless…I don’t get paid for to make this stuff. Still…ENJOY OR I’LL SICK ROBOT SANTA ON YOU!
(I need a life)
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I will listen to it at some point. I remember clicking on your music back during the season, but got distracted and never listened to it.
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Hmm. Were they collector’s items or something? Or is it to prevent the strings from stretching and going out of tune?
Oops. That’s meant to be a reply to the frozen strings.
by StringTheory on Jan 15, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
they're supposed to have a longer life...
they sound good, which is most important. They really didn’t cost more or less than the others so I just said to myself “what the hell do I have to lose?”
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just to describe 'em a bit...
looks wise they’re darker than typical strings which probably has something to do with the fact that they are like coated strings. (coated strings keep a longer life). They feel a little funny and have been tending to give me some extra nice callouses (i don’t play too much anymore so it’s not that hard really). Heres a screenshot from a vid of me playing earlier today. You can see the difference by comparing the bottom 4 strings to the the top most string. (i didn’t change that string. It’s non coated.) The bottom 4 are much darker.
(really I just wanted to post a pic of myself bringing sexy back in my PJ’s.)
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Flatwound strings
Ever try those? A friend of mine has some on a fretless bass, and they’re super-easy on the fingers. (I’m not really good enough to play a fretless; I need the forgiveness that frets provide. Besides, I’m a drummer first and foremost.)
by frisbeepilot on Jan 17, 2010 5:09 PM EST up reply actions
never tried them.
are they generally just for fretless or can they be used on a standard bass as well?
Easier on the fingers sounds appealing at any rate. I do not play as much as I should and my fingers get bloodies pretty easily now.
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I tweeted this, but just wanted to put it here, as well. This is one of the most inspirational things i’ve ever watched. Paralyzed graffiti artist gets to tag again from the hospital bed.
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I just saw a this year's commercial for FSN's April in the D.
At the end it says, “If the song sucks this year, it’s your fault for not voting.” The trouble is, every single contest entry last year sucked too.
if the song sucks
it’s FSD’s fault for having a fucking song.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 16, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
are they admitting last year's song sucked?
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Yeah.
The commercial was just to attract this year’s contest entries. The song hasn’t been chosen yet.
by StringTheory on Jan 17, 2010 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
HINT!
rec this post so it hangs around awhile!
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 16, 2010 11:25 PM EST reply actions
Hit/spray charts:
Does anyone know of a site that has them? I’ve only been able to find Fox Sports’ hit charts, but it’s not exactly what I want.
What exactly are you looking for?
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A plot of balls in play for a specific pitcher instead of a specific hitter. The raw data surely exists somewhere, but whether or not it’s public, I don’t know.
by StringTheory on Jan 17, 2010 7:44 PM EST up reply actions
Data isn’t working right now, but if it gets back up, is this first graph something you’re looking for? Unfortunately it only goes back to September 1st of 2009 as that’s when he first set it up. I’m going to have to dig around, but I also have another link to an online PITCHf/x tool. If what you’re looking for is a spray chart of batted balls a pitcher has given up, it is 100% available somewhere.
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That’s is what I was looking for. I’m definitely bookmarking that tool and using it next year when it’s operational.
by StringTheory on Jan 18, 2010 2:36 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I’ll let you know if I find anymore tools like that.
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A friendly reminder for everyone
Monday, January 18 is MLK day. As I am currently employed to increase volunteer efforts within my community, I figured I would just tell you to be aware and mindful of what MLK day is all about. If you get a chance on the 18th, or any time for that matter, remember that it only takes a little effort to make a big difference in the life of your community. After all, don’t we all want to leave the world a better place than we found it? Alright, I’ll get off my soapbox and stop being preachy. On with the randomness of the off-topic thread!
I'm sitting here...
replying to a message on facebook via text on my phone. The ironic part is that she’s reading each message on her phone as well. So the real question is, why am I not just texting her directly? Plus I managed to poke myself on facebook. I was expecting rip in the space-time continuum but alas, nothing.
Thought I’d tell you guys this.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 19, 2010 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t even have a facebook anymore. I think it’s jumped the shark.
I just wanted to use that phrase because Kurt hates it and he hates Field of Dreams.
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I also hate little caesars references
I need an off topic thread for my own personal hangups, really
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 20, 2010 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Wait, how are you a Sharks fan and not a Wings fan?
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if you had facebook you'd notice I also wear an A's hat!
Wings are more of a secondary team, really. Nothing against them, I root for them. But I don’t really care if they win or lose. They jumped the shark when they became the yankees.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 20, 2010 6:14 PM EST up reply actions
I think the Red Wings - Yankees comparisons are overblown.
The Habs have more titles, the Rangers spent more but the Wings were dominant and had the resources to add a piece here or there.
Booooooooooooooooooo. In a capped era, the Wings dominance hasn’t changed. And I will say they were more of a Theo Esptein-era Red Sox before the NHL implemented the cap. Yeah, they spent a lot of money but the front office was dynamite through and through (though they get too much credit for their European scouting because if you actually look, the number of “hits” are outweighed by like 4 times the number of “misses” from Europe).
And the A’s hat, if it’s green/yellow bill, is sexy. I want to start collecting 5950-style hats, but I look like a goon when I wear them.
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In other sports news
Wake Forest def. UNC 82-69 in men’s basketball.
Awesome.
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But I still manage to not like UNC.
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In the Smith Center!
In Chapel Hill! UNC will fall out of the top 25 this week, and that will be quite sweet.
Ah
I forgot this part. It was truly awesome.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 21, 2010 11:11 AM EST up reply actions
Back in Conan news...
he’s now gone from NBC. (and proving his class by adding to his crews severence package from his own pocket)
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I dunno how i'll survive til he's back on the air
last year waiting 3 months for him to go from 1230 to 1130 was hard!
I wish I was a nielsen home, i’d just leave my tv on cbs all day!
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 22, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
Better than NBC
I’m only watching the Olympics. Nothing else.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 22, 2010 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
the only TV show I watch is House...
and of course Futurama.
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I don't find the olympics all that entertaining
i’ll watch hockey, but that’s it. well, i would have watched curling but CTV and NBC can both kiss my ass.
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 23, 2010 12:12 AM EST up reply actions
Hockey and snowboarding
And speedskating.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 23, 2010 4:58 AM EST up reply actions
I will always watch the hockey, but I have a feeling all the media members that “love olympic hockey” and hate the NHL will be disappointed given it’s on an NHL sized rink this year. That’s the sole reason USA has a shot this year as we’ll have to grind out a ton of 2-1 and 3-1 wins.
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I’m going to watch the Olympics and laugh that NBC is losing an estimated $200 million, regardless of the ratings. I hope the ratings tank and they lose even more money.
For reference, ESPN bid a lesser amount (i think) to get the BCS games away from fox and will make 3-4 times the amount NBC will.
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Here's a link to it
Neil Young almost had me in tears.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 23, 2010 4:59 AM EST up reply actions
His speech at the end had me nearly in tears...
Classiest guy on television.
Is there any word at all as to where he’s gonna end up next? (hopefully not a 7-11 parking lot.)
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Ditto. Conan’s speech was fine and I was liking it but when he choked up I choked up. I have never enjoyed an entertainer of some sort as much as I do Conan. I still hope he’ll wind up on Comedy Central. I think that’d be the best. It’s 100% his target market; smart, witty, quick and quirky humor-loving people with a huge range of what someone can and can’t do.
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Comedy Central would be perfect
Move Colbert to 10:30, have Stewart go from 11:00 to 11:35 and give Conan an hour starting at 11:35.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 25, 2010 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
I think the first think Conan should say is...
F*** YOU NBC!
When he gets back on the air that is. He won’t say it but I think he should. With 2 fingers raised as well.
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He can’t. Clause in his buy-out that he can’t talk bad about NBC.
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that is dumb.
he can talk bad about NBC on NBC but he can’t elsewhere?
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Yeah, that’s what I’ve heard anyways. It makes sense. Conan’s ratings were through the roof his last 10 days there and clauses like that once someone leaves isn’t that out of the norm. For instance, I know there are restaurants that won’t let their managers leave to manage another restaurant within X Miles of their current restaurant.
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Beating a dead horse:
Dave Cameron wonders, like I do, about the lack of interest in Damon. If it would only take $4-5MM to sign Damon, I don’t see why we couldn’t make him fit. Show Seay and Miner the door if we really need the funds.
Every rumored team has apparently dropped out, except for the Yankees, who suggest they only have $2MM left.
I wouldn't mind Damon...
more or less insurance for Guillen. Damon can’t be any worse defensively than Guillen can he?
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I guess I hadn’t realized how much is defense had been stable the last few years (09 seems to be the outlier). I was thinking he was more in Bobby Abreu territory but he’s not.
If only we had, say, $7 mil for 2010 freed up that wasn’t in a reliever…
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Well, now the Yankees signed Winn,
so that leaves no one. If another team signs him at a bargain rate, I’ll be sorely disappointed.
by StringTheory on Jan 27, 2010 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed. Probably worth writing something up about it. I’ll be out until like 10 tonight, but will look to penning something about it later.
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Not Baseball Related...
But the Apple tablet was just introduced!! The iPad!!!
Pretty fired up about it!
by DetroitTigersGeek on Jan 27, 2010 1:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions
it is cool
but if you have a laptop and and iphone/blackberry (I do), it seems kind of pointless to spend another $500+ on something like that. I liked the MLB at bat app demo. if only I had the money sitting around!
Basically, it does what a netbook can do for about double the price and doesn’t fit in a pocket (so it loses out to the iPhone or iPod touch in my opinion). I don’t see the point or why anyone who doesn’t just buy every apple product ever would purchase this. Just dumb. Would’ve been awesome 5 years ago, though.
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isn't basically just a really big ipod touch?
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That’s all I’ve gathered from it. an iPod touch that doesn’t fit in your pocket. I don’t know why they didn’t make this thing run multiple apps at the same time. Just seems like a giant waste of time. Especially at a price range of $499-629.
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Apple is evil
Microsoft FTW.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 27, 2010 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
uh no.
Mac is evil. Microsoft is evil. Linux FTW.
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I can deal with Linux
What I can’t deal with are preppy Apple-sluts who do anything for a piece of white plastic with fruit on the outside.
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by David Tokarz on Jan 27, 2010 8:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
this made me LOL for real
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by Kurt Mensching on Jan 27, 2010 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
SAYS THE iPHONE USER
My old blog is Tigers By The Numbers.
Now I write at Bless You Boys.
Like music? See what I'm listening to at my Last.fm account.
Snap
Kurt, you dog, you.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Jan 27, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
hey, at least I cover my fruit!
All your favorite Tigers blog are belong to me.
Bless You Boys.com -- MackAvenueTigers.com
by Kurt Mensching on Jan 27, 2010 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
BEST.
DOUBLE. ENTENDRE. EVER.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Jan 27, 2010 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha. Oh man.
My old blog is Tigers By The Numbers.
Now I write at Bless You Boys.
Like music? See what I'm listening to at my Last.fm account.
by Mike Rogers on Jan 27, 2010 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
Hahahahaha. This is fantastic.
My old blog is Tigers By The Numbers.
Now I write at Bless You Boys.
Like music? See what I'm listening to at my Last.fm account.
iPad, eh?
Hope it isn’t anything like this MAD TV version…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs
Official BYB Juju Consultant...now accepting rally creature applications!
Yeah!
That’s the first thing I thought of too!
Women were definitely NOT present during the naming if this new gadget.
by DetroitTigersGeek on Jan 27, 2010 6:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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