tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post4434476086563616142..comments2023-06-17T08:53:42.643-04:00Comments on ShysterBall: And That HappenedCraig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-18599985079373949792008-06-29T03:56:00.001-04:002008-06-29T03:56:00.001-04:00Craig, I think your statement of "...no, the "Gold...Craig, I think your statement of "...no, the "Gold Room" does not involve strippers in any way" is about the most obvious statement of the year.<BR/><BR/>You're at a SABR convention, there's <EM>obviously</EM> not going to be strippers there...lol...Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02655006813567478734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-32243217758286964152008-06-29T03:56:00.000-04:002008-06-29T03:56:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02655006813567478734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-79802758023111971592008-06-28T00:14:00.000-04:002008-06-28T00:14:00.000-04:00Yes! To hell with the Bucs and Nats! Get Freddy S...Yes! To hell with the Bucs and Nats! Get Freddy Sanchez out of your head and replace him with Alexi Casilla.<BR/><BR/>10 in a row for the Twins tonight -- Joe Mauer with a homer in the bottom of the eighth for the go-ahead run.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803044206043122291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-57225657427492670102008-06-27T22:18:00.000-04:002008-06-27T22:18:00.000-04:00Puck: Sorry for the sloppiness. The line for ref...Puck: Sorry for the sloppiness. The line for refunds forms on the left.<BR/><BR/>David: I'm an NL guy anymore, but now that you mention it, I am having a hard time wondering why I pay as close attention to the Pirates and Nats as I do.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-52195755821222778252008-06-27T21:45:00.000-04:002008-06-27T21:45:00.000-04:00Why can't it be one of the 16 NL teams that don't ...Why can't it be one of the 16 NL teams that don't even count that you don't know much about?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803044206043122291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-46877774575859171732008-06-27T16:58:00.000-04:002008-06-27T16:58:00.000-04:00FYI: The Yanks-Pirates game will NOT be resumed. I...FYI: The Yanks-Pirates game will NOT be resumed. It will be replayed fro, the start, just like any other rainout in which five innings are not played.<BR/><BR/>Sloppy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-58617021688925843552008-06-27T15:35:00.000-04:002008-06-27T15:35:00.000-04:00Maybe I'm underselling the dome factor. I really ...Maybe I'm underselling the dome factor. I really have a hard time watching a game being broadcast from a dome, so I sorta avoid half of the Indians-Twins games.<BR/><BR/>And no, I don't have extra innings. I suppose that's like the cobbler admitting that his children have no shoes, but I simply can't justify it. My recaps are almost done exclusively from box scores and game stories.<BR/><BR/>But don't get me wrong: I am not totally ignorant of the Twins. I probably know them better than your average non-Twins baseball fan does simply because I'm thinking about them for at least a little bit every day. It's simply a relative thing in that I know other teams better.<BR/><BR/>I'll try to improve on them. I'm not proud of my blind spots.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-70345377498544549482008-06-27T15:31:00.000-04:002008-06-27T15:31:00.000-04:00But you even live in an AL Central town, sort of. ...But you even live in an AL Central town, sort of. How can you not know the Twins? By the way, don't you have MLB Extra Innings?<BR/><BR/>AmosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-57684491958054478052008-06-27T12:13:00.000-04:002008-06-27T12:13:00.000-04:00APBA Guy-Of course that pounding emanating from ov...APBA Guy-<BR/><BR/>Of course that pounding emanating from over the horizon is all 9.5M Bay Area residents knocking on wood simulataneously, just as you suggested we do, in a Guinness Book worthy effort to keep Harden healthy a little longer.<BR/><BR/>Like the "big" earthquake that must surely come someday, his injury is inevitable. Only the timing is unknown.<BR/><BR/>Until then, those aren't drums you hear at the A's games, it's the steady, chant-like beating of man on wood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-16537525420752534562008-06-27T11:15:00.000-04:002008-06-27T11:15:00.000-04:00I dunno, David. I'll try to work on it though. W...I dunno, David. I'll try to work on it though. We're never too old for self-improvment.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-47445702943912648792008-06-27T10:45:00.000-04:002008-06-27T10:45:00.000-04:00Still reeling over here.What can we Twins fans do ...Still reeling over here.<BR/><BR/>What can we Twins fans do to help you "get to know 'em" (marketing phrase from a couple of years ago)?Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803044206043122291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-24364460875465676442008-06-27T10:40:00.000-04:002008-06-27T10:40:00.000-04:00Anon -- the Groucho reference is indeed the Huff t...Anon -- the Groucho reference is indeed the Huff thing. It's from Duck Soup, which is pretty much the best comedy of all time. The full quote:<BR/><BR/>"Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You better beat it - I hear they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing. You can leave in a taxi. If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff. You know, you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."<BR/><BR/>I've mentioned my Twins thing here before, maybe in the uniforms piece I ran during the offseason. I don't truly hate them, and certainly there is no one on their roster now who I even have a minor dislike. And I try to be fair with them. I just don't know them and have a hard time knowing them, so my comments about their games are always met with dread by me when I'm trying to write them and never end up being very good.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-23389507842974819262008-06-27T10:18:00.000-04:002008-06-27T10:18:00.000-04:00As I Twins fan, I'm feeling hurt. And betrayed.As I Twins fan, I'm feeling hurt. And betrayed.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08803044206043122291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-74858771656215580562008-06-27T10:17:00.000-04:002008-06-27T10:17:00.000-04:00What's the Groucho reference? I hope it has someth...What's the Groucho reference? I hope it has something to do with the Huff comment because that was easily the cheesiest thing I've ever read on this blog (no offense...love the blog although I'm hurt to discoverthat you have a thing against my Twins)!<BR/><BR/>AmosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-76821022654449061262008-06-27T09:17:00.000-04:002008-06-27T09:17:00.000-04:00Nice Groucho reference.I hear they're going to tea...Nice Groucho reference.<BR/>I hear they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542095161977433894noreply@blogger.com