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I've had this feeling every time I'm about to have sex. Also once during a pool tournament.
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Starting an inning with a gimme runner is possibly the worst idea in the history of human civilization. And yes, I am including the invention of both the Snuggie and the selfie stick. A slapstick sitcom set inside Buchenwald would be a better idea and probably even piss off fewer people. -
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This is the story I mentioned. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teens-stole-woman-purse-wedding-ring-lay-dying-cops-article-1.1568194
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I wouldn't condemn the entirety of the Dominican Republic based on this. I've read plenty of news articles from here in the states about people being robbed after car accidents or injuries. I recall one not too long ago where a couple guys stole a woman's wedding ring and purse after she had a heart attack in her car in a restaurant drive-through. There are scumbags everywhere. And not to minimize the absolute douchebaggery of doing something like this, but it's much more understandable coming from a country where the vast majority of citizens aren't as safe and happy as we are. With all due respect to UN?, large swaths of the DR are basically third-world, and I have a hard time looking at a guy stealing from an accident victim to sell the goods for food or rent and a guy stealing to sell for drugs or a new Iphone as one and the same. Yeah, these people are despicable, but desperate lives bring people to do some awful things.
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If going into the HOF for any sport was based on not being a douchebag in any way, all of the Halls of Fame would be basically empty. The Hockey Hall of Fame wouldn't even exist.
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Unfortunately, HOF voting is done by people, and people will not vote impartially. I may not agree with most of what Schilling says outside of baseball-related topics, but I still believe he belongs in the HOF. Other people are unable to separate their disagreements with someone's political or social views and their performance as a player. It sucks, but that's what happens. It's also ridiculous. Given the eras some people played in, the HOF is chock full of virulent racists, drunks, misogynists, homophobes, and probably some outright criminals. (As some of you may recall, Monte Irvin once beat up my great-grandfather. I still think he belongs in the HOF, though!) Schilling has every right as a person to express whatever opinions he wants, and HOF voters should not take that into account. In a perfect world, they wouldn't. However, this is the real world, so they did.
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I also really want to know who voted for Wakefield.
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Hoffman better get in next year. It's especially galling because you know Rivera is getting in on the first ballot.
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I always thought Rollie Fingers was a great name.
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Don't forget Eric Plunk
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Well, you can't beat this contract. Not even Chapman could. He could still take a shot at it, though.
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Holy s***, I saw this headline and thought Jacko had decided to troll us all on a slow day. Holy f***. This is awesome. Chris Sale is only 27 years old for f***'s sake, this is just incredible.
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I have to say, I agree with Dojji on this one. I think the job you do and the amount of money you make should be immaterial to your reward for doing that job well. Recognizing excellence in any field should be a no-brainer for management, whether it is a Major League Baseball team, an accounting firm, or Wendy's. It's a simple way of saying "Hey, everyone does their job, but thanks for pouring your heart out and being the best." I have no problem with awards, as long as it doesn't degenerate into participation trophies.
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I support the idea of Brian Butterfield being the bench coach, because it would mean Brian Butterfield would no longer be the third-base coach. I bet even Dale Sveum says "Man, that Butterfield sends way too many guys to the plate."
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ALDS Game 2 @ Indians
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Theo Epstein; Greatest Baseball Executive Ever
Youk Of The Nation replied to jacksonianmarch's topic in Other Baseball
I love the idea of Theo roaming around the country fixing baseball teams like some kind of freakishly-young looking Johnny Appleseed. I can imagine some rural high school in Idaho that hasn't won a county championship in 80 years, and Theo just comes strolling out of the woods one day dressed like someone hiking the Appalachian Trail, and lives in a tent in the outfield for a year. Then they win, and he just fades back into the forest. -
2016 Non-Red Sox Postseason Gamethread
Youk Of The Nation replied to Youk Of The Nation's topic in Other Baseball
Bill Murray actually cried. -
2016 Non-Red Sox Postseason Gamethread
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Uh-oh.
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Sometimes instead of just shutting down these things before they start, I should let them run a page or two like this one. Just to remind everyone that I'm not pulling the rules out of my ass just for the sheer pleasure of being a dictator.
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2016 Non-Red Sox Postseason Gamethread
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Holy s***, the Cubs just won the f***ing world series. I can't even...I am literally unable to believe this. I expect to wake up at any moment. -
Fire sale or not, in what universe was Brian Cashman going to make any deal that sent two extremely good bullpen arms to the Red Sox? Dombrowski could have offered Cashman the entire farm system and a year's supply of filet mignon and Cashman still would have sent back the offer along with the severed head of the messenger.
