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2) personally attacking other commenters
3) baiting other commenters
4) arguing for the sake of arguing
5) discussing politics
6) using hyperbole when something less will suffice
7) using sarcasm in a way that can be misinterpreted negatively
8) making the same point over and over again
9) typing "no-hitter" or "perfect game" to describe either in progress
10) being annoyed by the existence of this list
11) commenting under the obvious influence
12) claiming your opinion isn't allowed when it's just being disagreed with
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Fernando Valenzuela Sr. and Jr. are teammates this fall with the Mexicali Aguilas of the Mexican Pacific League, Crystal Fukumoto of the Dodgers PR department reports. It is Dad's third season with Mexicali and 14th in the league. He does not appear to have taken the mound yet this season.
Son split time with Class-A Kannapolis and AA Mobile in 2006 and had something of a soft bat, OPSing .713. After five games with Mexicali, the 24-year-old is 6 for 18 with a double.
ANYBODY BUT NY!!
vr, Xei
We call them "Used book sales".
Books are either "withdrawn" (which means they get offered up to other libraries before they go up for sale) or "discarded" (which means they end up in a big recycling bin.)
ps i wanted to say that all season long.
Is this good or bad?
He's a prophet! Stone him!
Never heard him called anything but a sinkerballer before....
Maybe that's been his problem. Split personality....will the real Jeff Weaver please...oh, never mind..
nah, just pointing out the obvious pitching me away i'll go away. ;o)
http://www.baseballmusings.com/archives/018130.php
i kind of figured Piniella felt that way.
Just got back from KC and the burial of Buck O'Neil was what I would expect to happen here when John Wooden dies. I always respected him but I was shocked at the attention he got in KC from all ages and all races. It was just dumb luck that I arrived the same day that he was lying in state at the Negro HOF but alas I was unable to make the journey as time did not permit it. Baseball interest has dimmed in KC due to the current state of the Royals but everyone seemed to respect and know of Buck.
I think I'll watch Hannity and Colmes (FOX NEWS!) instead.
But you have to watch! It's your duty, Judy!
I haven't watched that show in a long time, but I gather a more accurate title would be more like
HANNITY (oh yeah, and that token liberal guy whom we use to try to justify our "fair and balanced" mantra...)
i feel so random.
OK, you've got to explain why you put the .00 after 300 million.
oops
Do you mean that most of your professors discourage exposure to: (1) other perspectives per se, or (2) particular other perspectives?
You could just read the National Review or Weekly Standard online and there would be far less shouting.
I can't wait for basketball season to start. The Clippers are going to be even better this year.
Well, when you put it that way...
Isn't that how Question Time works in the British Parliament?
50- but that takes out all the fun in it. There's no replacement for seeing Bill O'Reilly cut off and/or shout at his guest or hearing Sean Hannity preach about "morality".
Back to baseball...and basketball...TV shows that I don't watch
I refer to the gentleman the answer I gave earlier.
It includes a schedule of Masses.
And Hannah Storm will be having a book signing!
Caption beneath newspaper photo of no one lining up for autographs:
"Calm before the Storm"
At 11 am before the game, a law professor will speak about the 14th Amendment, but I'm more intrigued by the 8:30 Gamblers Anonymous meeting.
Notre Dame is a 13 1/2 point favorite.
Duncan likely isn't starting because he's a lefty.
The Cards need Enkuhnarcion in there to protect Pujols
I will light a candle in the Grotto for Karl Dorrell.
I won't say what I want God to do with Karl Dorrell. I will let the other UCLA fans fill that part in.
Duncan has been in a slump in the playoffs anyway.
http://tinyurl.com/yfskq6
Take that, regfairfield...
anybody but NY!!
David Wright is 1 for 15 and I don't see anyone wanting to hang him in effigy. Are Met fans more realistic about expectations?
I feel the same Lo Duca anger welling inside of me. I really don't want the Mets to lose. I want Lo Duca to lose. And lose badly. And in the most embarrassing way. I look at Lo Duca and I see Hal Chase.
i think Dave Duncan polished off the curves,he's looking alot like when he was a Dodger
Because ESPN pays more?
& angry brit wearing a dress
Do you want me to light a candle in The Grotto for Karl Dorrell?
But I'm proud of him anyway.
I wonder what the Second Vatican Council said about punting in the fourth quarter.
Weaver--I always thought there was something good here, at least compared to some D's potential starters. However, he wouldn't have been worth what they would have had to pay him. Besides, I'm thinkin' he was a Boras guy, and we can't have him on principle.
he was a Boras guy asking for a ridiculos raise.
He's yelling at Uncle Miltie
If we can get the same for Lugo I'll be a happy camper since I expect we'll be giving up our number one pick this winter for one of Zito, Schmidt, Lilly, C Lee, or Soriano.
87
Good, I thought it was just me.
On the other hand, Tony LaRussa elicits similar rage, and the Cardinals aren't even a good team, let alone a great one.
Help me out here.
The Cardinals lead the Dodgers in franchise World Series Championships, right? So, let's root against them...
And the Mets fan wasn't kidding.
Did the Mets fan know your father personally...?
No.
well i'm rooting for the Cards to beat NY "anybody but NY!" but i'm rooting for Detiot over all simply because i have family that lives there.
i'da punch the jerk right in the mouth (seriously!!)
The built in safety features of the Internet make it hard to hit somebody in the mouth.
Well, I doubt all Mets fans feel that way about your father...
i was thinking he told you that in person.
But why would someone say it barring the possibility that my father was named Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin?
But I almost got into a fight with Cardinals fans this year!
Why the anti-Shawn Green sentiment...?
Shawn Green has become a parody of himself.
Come on Jose!
Jose Valentin is allowed to come through according to my complicated matrix of feelings.
I am not The Best Fan in Baseball™ obviously.
It was a very good episode.
Frumpiness is a prerequisite for living in the St. Louis area however.
125. Friends and family must look at you and your brother and wonder where things went so horribly wrong. :)
Green is too good-looking. FoxNews viewers like their lib'rals to be uggos...
In 1985 when I was a junior at UCLA, I was in Speech 1 when Jack Clark happened. I told the two guys sitting behind me (who were high school seniors taking the class) and they were both Mets fans. They rejoiced at the news and said, "This means the Mets are the second best team!"
Why do I remember such painful things in such detail?
Prepare accordingly.
131 What, do you not like Cardinals fans or something, Bob?
{duck}
Okay, off to "West Baltimore," HBO style.
Jeff Weaver getting a win would be very cool, however. To go from being DFA'd to make room for your own brother to winning a key NLCS game in the same season is, to say the least, a nice story.
P.S. Jon, I loved your previous post on Lyons. Well said, squared.
He actually came up with the Mets.
Mets (minors)
Expos
Dodgers
Marlins
Indians
Mets
I think McCarver must be thinking about Don Drysdale and Stan Williams.
Mota has gone full circle
i don't trust Honeycutt all that much to be really honest with you.
Mota was really, really, really awful in Cleveland. He gave up 9 home runs in 37 innings.
We would have vilified the Dodgers here for such an acquisition.
At the time of Mota's acquisition by the Mets.
We're talking about Michigan kids, not California kids.
Yes, youth soccer games are generally played in the rain. We did it in Oregon, so you can pretty much do it anywhere.
I did google Alan Colmes and came up with this picture.
http://tinyurl.com/y6uhuc
Is there something that FMLM Kevin Kennedy forgot to tell us?
133- like Ann Coulter? ;)
And how did the Weave do tonight?
Weaver looked very good he remined me of when he pitched for us.
http://tinyurl.com/ykper9
Asked about how to improve the team's on-base percentage, Piniella said, "My philosophy is to get eight midgets up there who walk all the time."
Later, Piniella apologized for the comment, saying he didn't mean to offend anyone and the reference was linked to Eddie Gaedel, who had an at-bat for the St. Louis Browns.
Oh, and Dude, "Midget" is not the preferred nomenclature.
"Little Person", Dude.
We're not talking about a guy in the circus here, Walter
Chowing down on McNuggets at Walmart doesn't really count as "social," Andrew...
If it weren't for Carbon-14, I wouldn't date at all.
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/shirts/carbon14/
AKA "enemy combatant"
In theory, the passage of today's bill means that you can be thrown in prison without cause.
Personally, I think not watching The Office is cause enough, but I'm not the Attorney General.
You're very lucky that's the case...
I haven't been completely forthright regarding my decision not to watch The Office. The real reason is personal, and to share it makes me open and vulnerable. But if the alternative is life in prison with no recourse, then I suppose there really is no alternative.
I don't watch The Office because I am not ready for another relationship at this time. I just went through a messy break-up with Arrested Development, and am still getting over her. I think about her almost everyday, and my heart still hurts. Even though I know she is never coming back, I'm still in that stage where I'm holding out hope.
I can't be good to anyone else like this, and it just wouldn't be fair to The Office (or any other program) to be with me when I can't give 100%. I'm looking forward to the day when I am ready to love again, but until then, I must withhold my favor and face the (Thurdsay) night alone...
http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba/
id: 41973
pw: dodgers
But I add, without regard to politics--
The worst fate would be to wake up and find oneself married to Anne Coulter!
Nobody enjoys being told who they "Just gotta love," or who they "Just gotta root for," especially me. No, I don't gotta love anybody, thank you very much. I'll pick my favorite players without anybody's help. It's not really about Eckstein.
Petty? you bet, but it's just the contrarian in me.
Exactly. The more I'm "supposed" to root for someone, the less likely I am to do so.
Kinda like watching The Office...
Yes, but the problem with your example is that The Office is great and you are wrong.
But you've got the right idea.
vr, Xei
My smiley faces and winks are implicit
Take your baseball talk elsewhere, Xei. It's not welcome here...
I somehow doubt this is a Furcal-esque age difference...hmm...
Were Leyland and LaRussa ever on the same coaching staff back with those early 80s ChiSox, anybody?
The issue was never what was best for Hochevar, but he didn't throw many innings in that off year, and taking a year off is usually pretty great for college pitchers who get worked into the ground by coaches who need to win, and don't generally focus on a pitcher's pro career.
Nate! HEY, NATE!
Thanks again for the recommendations.
I downloaded them
For entertainment purposes only, of course...And you'll delete them immediately upon listening, of course...
http://tinyurl.com/3tv5q
This wasn't very hard to find out, people.
I think the question was whether or not placement on the 40 man roster was in his contract, not if he is on the 40 man roster.
And so to bed.
Why do I bring this up? To further show there are worse things we could have spent our money on then Hochevar.
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=555
AJ Ellis is batting .625! (In 4 games...)
vr/Xei
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