JBJ on Paternity leave

[Youk Of The Nation]

Oh good lord, it was a joke!

 

Just once, could I make some sort of comment or request that is not commented on in turn? How hard is it for everyone to read a post asking them to stop doing something or stop acting a certain way and just say to themselves, "hm, okay." Why does every single goddamn thing I ask everyone have to be commented on? Why does everyone feel the need to explain or justify things? When I ask people not to post a thousand superfluous threads, all I want is to not see a thousand superfluous threads. I don't want a paragraph-long response explaining why they disagree with the request, especially not when I have asked a hundred times and read that same paragraph a hundred times. When I ask someone not to respond to calm, polite comments with "bite me", especially directed towards someone that they have already spent a week calling a troll, all I want is for them not to do that. I don't want other people jumping in and trying to explain things. I don't need everyone's opinion on whether or not the thread I merged was necessary, I don't need everyone's opinion on everyone else's posting style. All I need is quiet acknowledgment that I am trying to do my best to keep this place from turning into Reddit.

 

Now, I don't want to see anything past this point in this thread that in any way relates to the last four or five posts. Let's just stick to the topic, please.

[SoxnCycles]

Just once, could I make some sort of comment or request that is not commented on in turn? How hard is it for everyone to read a post asking them to stop doing something or stop acting a certain way and just say to themselves, "hm, okay." Why does every single goddamn thing I ask everyone have to be commented on? Why does everyone feel the need to explain or justify things? When I ask people not to post a thousand superfluous threads, all I want is to not see a thousand superfluous threads. I don't want a paragraph-long response explaining why they disagree with the request, especially not when I have asked a hundred times and read that same paragraph a hundred times. When I ask someone not to respond to calm, polite comments with "bite me", especially directed towards someone that they have already spent a week calling a troll, all I want is for them not to do that. I don't want other people jumping in and trying to explain things. I don't need everyone's opinion on whether or not the thread I merged was necessary, I don't need everyone's opinion on everyone else's posting style. All I need is quiet acknowledgment that I am trying to do my best to keep this place from turning into Reddit.

 

Now, I don't want to see anything past this point in this thread that in any way relates to the last four or five posts. Let's just stick to the topic, please.

 

Because, as tough as this might be for you to bear, you're occasionally wrong.

Since Yaz has not been calling Babe a troll.

[Palodios]

YOTN, doing a great job as always.

 

Hopefully everything turns out healthy for JB3. Bradley's wife is a hot blonde, in case anyone was curious.

[Slasher9]

YOTN, doing a great job as always.

 

Hopefully everything turns out healthy for JB3. Bradley's wife is a hot blonde, in case anyone was curious.

 

this post sucks without picture.

[Slasher9]

my lord. Palodios was not kidding!!!

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[SinceYaz]

my lord. Palodios was not kidding!!!

https://cdn1.lockerdome.com/uploads/c906ac3cab5cbec4611b66a421f255a5a11ddfda8adad5477fac082084545818_facebook

 

One of the underlying reasons I really wanted JBJ to catch on big is he's a SC Gamecock. My pretty wife was born and raised within an hour and a half (an hour with good traffic) from USC. My older son was born in Aiken and the first two churches I pastored were in South Carolina.

 

My wife isn't blonde, but she was in the Miss SC pageant the year before we got married. A very short 39 years ago in two days!

[SoxnCycles]

One of the underlying reasons I really wanted JBJ to catch on big is he's a SC Gamecock. My pretty wife was born and raised within an hour and a half (an hour with good traffic) from USC. My older son was born in Aiken and the first two churches I pastored were in South Carolina.

 

My wife isn't blonde, but she was in the Miss SC pageant the year before we got married. A very short 39 years ago in two days!

 

Congrats SY!

Quite the accomplishment in this day and age.

[Dojji]

Because, as tough as this might be for you to bear, you're occasionally wrong.

Since Yaz has not been calling Babe a troll.

 

OK so let's just go ahead and do the one thing YOTN expressly and repeatedly JUST asked that we not do.

 

 

COME ON people. Is it that hard to just NOT push all YOTN's buttons at the same time?

Edited June 1, 2016 by Dojji

[SinceYaz]

Just a tip: This is not the way to respond to a polite comment. No one insulted you or got vulgar, he was actually quite reasonable. Your response was unnecessary and exactly the kind of thing that starts ridiculous fights. There was no need for you to respond at all, much less like this.

 

Heheheheh .... my usual verbosity was kept in check by the respect I have for your efforts. However, if two words and a roll of the eyes is too much, then I misread you.

 

You have misread the intent of the person I responded to as well. There is more to the person's comment than you know. In my mind, IllinoisRedSox had already corrected me. I apologized twice for that egregious error, the first when I realized the thread had been blended. I suppose that means nothing. I had just gotten in from work and it was somewhere near 1 AM. I guess I wasn't as awake and aware as I thought.

 

However, I did make the mistake of not looking more carefully for the first thread. I honestly didn't see it. If I had, I would not have started a new one. Believe me, I have restrained myself and considered carefully where my comments might fit.

 

[Dojji]

Just once, could I make some sort of comment or request that is not commented on in turn? How hard is it for everyone to read a post asking them to stop doing something or stop acting a certain way and just say to themselves, "hm, okay." Why does every single goddamn thing I ask everyone have to be commented on? Why does everyone feel the need to explain or justify things?

 

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[Youk Of The Nation]

Have they announced the name of the baby yet? I really hope it isn't JBJ III. Jackie's great, but the name itself is a little too boring to perpetuate for yet another generation. Roman Numerals should be reserved for outrageously memorable names. Benedict Cumberbatch should make sure his name reaches at least "The Fourth" or "The Fifth". John Smith should not.

[SinceYaz]

Congrats SY!

Quite the accomplishment in this day and age.

 

Thank you, sir.

 

I was asked by a 21 year old just a few days ago how do you know when you find the right one. I told her I really don't know, just that when this darling of a southern bell stepped into my life, everything changed. Marriage? Me? Who would be that crazy? But she's been the apple of my eye ever since. (Being in the right place at the right time certainly helped! But that is a whole 'nother chapter.). All of sudden, I'm 60. My sons are 35 and 31. I've lived in four countries and seven states and it all seems like it was yesterday.

 

I better stop. You can tell I can blather and dither...

 

[mvp 78]

Have they announced the name of the baby yet? I really hope it isn't JBJ III. Jackie's great, but the name itself is a little too boring to perpetuate for yet another generation. Roman Numerals should be reserved for outrageously memorable names. Benedict Cumberbatch should make sure his name reaches at least "The Fourth" or "The Fifth". John Smith should not.

 

Nothing has been announced yet.

[SinceYaz]

Have they announced the name of the baby yet? I really hope it isn't JBJ III. Jackie's great, but the name itself is a little too boring to perpetuate for yet another generation. Roman Numerals should be reserved for outrageously memorable names. Benedict Cumberbatch should make sure his name reaches at least "The Fourth" or "The Fifth". John Smith should not.

 

An old friend of mine suits your point. His name was H. Miles Haithecock the Third. And his first name had nearly as many letters as his last. I would bet, if I were a betting man, that it would be a great guessing game as to what it actually is.

[illinoisredsox]

Have they announced the name of the baby yet? I really hope it isn't JBJ III. Jackie's great, but the name itself is a little too boring to perpetuate for yet another generation. Roman Numerals should be reserved for outrageously memorable names. Benedict Cumberbatch should make sure his name reaches at least "The Fourth" or "The Fifth". John Smith should not.

 

John Smith IV? What about George Foreman and his 5 sons, George Jr., George III, George IV, George V and George VI?

[Slasher9]

Have they announced the name of the baby yet? I really hope it isn't JBJ III. Jackie's great, but the name itself is a little too boring to perpetuate for yet another generation. Roman Numerals should be reserved for outrageously memorable names. Benedict Cumberbatch should make sure his name reaches at least "The Fourth" or "The Fifth". John Smith should not.

 

do we know for sure it's a boy? it would be interesting if it was a girl? would she still be III?

[User Name]

Jackie's a girl's name too.

[Slasher9]

Jackie's a girl's name too.

 

that was my point.

if it's a girl and they name her jackie .....is she a III?

[Bellhorn04]

John Smith IV? What about George Foreman and his 5 sons, George Jr., George III, George IV, George V and George VI?

 

Yeah, way to give them a sense of individuality, George Sr.

[Youk Of The Nation]

An old friend of mine suits your point. His name was H. Miles Haithecock the Third. And his first name had nearly as many letters as his last. I would bet, if I were a betting man, that it would be a great guessing game as to what it actually is.

 

Horatio? Hannibal? Heathcliff?

[illinoisredsox]

Yeah, way to give them a sense of individuality, George Sr.

 

Reminds me of a one of the Dean Martin roast of Johnny Carson when Bob Newhart, as only he could do, said something like "Johnny's first wife's name was Joan. His second wife's name was Joanne and his third wife's name was Joanna. The man just won't spring for new towels"

[SinceYaz]

Horatio? Hannibal? Heathcliff?

 

Well Done. Miles isn't a common name, but the option....

 

Then the phenomenon of "Heathcliff the Cat" came along.

oy...

[mvp 78]

Jackie's a girl's name too.

 

Maybe he'll name her Jackée? I'd be down with that.

[SinceYaz]

Reminds me of a one of the Dean Martin roast of Johnny Carson when Bob Newhart, as only he could do, said something like "Johnny's first wife's name was Joan. His second wife's name was Joanne and his third wife's name was Joanna. The man just won't spring for new towels"

 

Did they all look alike? My late father-in-law had an affair with a woman who could have been his wife's twin.

[SinceYaz]

Maybe he'll name her Jackée? I'd be down with that.

 

Jaqueline.... ?

[Spudboy]

Lost in all this is consideration of what a 3-4 day layoff may do to his approach at the plate.

[Bellhorn04]

Lost in all this is consideration of what a 3-4 day layoff may do to his approach at the plate.

 

Do you really think 3-4 days would make much difference? It's basically the same as the All-Star break.

[Spudboy]

Do you really think 3-4 days would make much difference? It's basically the same as the All-Star break.

 

I don't know Bell.

 

But JBJ ( and lets be clear, I love the kid! ) has yet to demonstrate consistency at the plate in large samples. We have all seen his approach and stroke come and go. Maybe he is over the hump? Maybe he has it figured out and will return to swatting ropes in the gaps.

 

It just makes me nervous. I want him to succeed finally.

[mvp 78]

Lost in all this is consideration of what a 3-4 day layoff may do to his approach at the plate.

 

Not a concern.

[mvp 78]

Still no announcement about the baby. Hope everything is ok!