2008 MLB Thread

[Magnet]

I tried to care about my Brewers, but all I do is jinx them.

Who should I root for during the rest of the season (such as it is)?

The Mets

 

[ChefChiTown]

I tried to care about my Brewers, but all I do is jinx them.

Who should I root for during the rest of the season (such as it is)?

My White Sox...and the Cubs too!!!

 

[Becks...poamr]

The Mets

My White Sox...and the Cubs too!!!

Thanks for the suggestions, but I'm a jinx. Do you REALLY want me to?

 

[ChefChiTown]

Thanks for the suggestions, but I'm a jinx. Do you REALLY want me to?

That's a good point. You uh...you should just go bury yourself in a hole somewhere. I don't even know how that would work. How do you bury yourself in a hole?

Just do it!!!

 

[Becks...poamr]

Chef, I took your advice, but I got bored and lonely, so I got back out.

Any other suggestions?

 

[ChefChiTown]

Chef, I took your advice, but I got bored and lonely, so I got back out.

Any other suggestions?

Umm...maybe.

:thinks for a second:

Go here.

 

[Becks...poamr]

Go here.

Blink wildly and then close your eyes really tight for an interesting light show
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)
See a variety of blobs, stars and flashes. Try to make out shapes and see if your subconscious is trying to send you a message (perhaps that funny shape is saying, 'send all your money to urban75.com'?)


Try to not think about penguins
(Amusement Potential: 1-5 minutes)
This is especially hard, because by trying too much, you remember what you were trying to avoid thinking of. If you try too little, you end up thinking about penguins anyway.

Use your secret mind power
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)
Pick a passing by and try to use your mind power to command them do something, like drop their bag or knock into someone. The law of averages dictates that sooner or later one of your mind commands will come true, so you can convince yourself that you really have super human powers and waste even more time trying them out.

Rate passers by
(Amusement Potential: 10-15 minutes)
Secretly award passers by marks out of ten as you go along, offering (unsaid) expert criticism over their clothing, hairstyle and footwear choices.

Repeat the same word over and over until it loses its meaning
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
Pick a random word out of a magazine and say it aloud to yourself until it becomes a meaningless set of noises.

Look at something for awhile, shut eyes, study after image
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)
Another great time waster. It takes about 30 seconds of staring to create an after image, and the image is then viewable for about the same length of time. Fun to combine this one with pushing on your eyes.

Send spooky emails
(Amusement Potential: 15-60 minutes)
Look up someone's CV on the web, do some research on them via Google and then send them an email full of personal references claiming to be an ex-work colleague who fell in love with their shoes. Or something.

Pretend all humans will die except for people in room with you
Amusement Potential: 10-20 minutes)
What would you do if this really happened? Would the group stay together, or would there be factions? Who would join what group? Remember, there would only be power for a few days before the plants ran out of fuel or broke. To travel, you would always have to be near cars to siphon gas out of. Best to do with people you know.

Step off a curb with eyes shut, imagine it's a cliff
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)
To get any benefit out of this one, you have to have a good imagination. Don't step off immediately, build up to the jump. Study the ravine below. Feel the winds at that altitude. Step off and...AHHHHHH!!!!!

Try and sound Welsh
(Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
The key to sounding Welsh is to make sure that your voice goes up at the end of the sentence, so that everything sounds like a question. Throw in a superfluous 'isn't it?' at the end of everything you say and you're halfway there. Isn't it?

Have a water gargling contest
(Amusement Potential: 5-10 minutes)
Put a glassful of water in your mouth and see how long you can keep gargling for. Award yourself extra points for loud and amusing gargling noises, and minus points if you laugh.

Stare at the back of someone's head until they turn around
(Amusement Potential: 2-5 minutes)
This works on the "I have the feeling I'm being watched" principle. Conduct an experiment-does this really work?

Have a "Who is less competitive" competition
wonder (Amusement Potential: 1-3 minutes)
Trying to win at this will make you lose. Trying to lose makes you win which makes you lose. Not trying at all makes you lose which makes you win which makes you lose.

Pick up a dog so it can see things from your point of view
(Amusement Potential: 3-5 minutes)
Think about it: your dog has only seen the house from a viewpoint from 6" to 2' high (15 to 60 cm for all you metric fans). It's never seen the tops of counters, what you keep on your desk, the tops of shelves, etc. Try looking at things from its point of view, too.

Pour water in hand, make sneeze noise, throw water on back of person's neck
(Amusement Potential: 5-15 minutes)
Always a good gag. For an even bigger reaction out of the person, act like you're not sorry at all for what they think you did. Comment instead on how big that sneeze was or about how there was a lot of mucus in that one.

Becks Seal of Approval™® on the ones I quoted.

 

[24788]

I didn't see this like 5 minutes ago. I just posted a thread. I thought this was the NHL thread for some reason.

 

[kuruption]

The Dodgers have locked up the NL Worst Divison already.
The question now is who are we going to play? Looks like it's going to be the Cubbies, who are the most complete team in the National League. Bring it on.

 

[pancha]

ARGHHH! fucking White Sox are CHOKING!!!!! hoping they pull out this last game in Minnesota and come back home to seal the deal! I'll be at the games this weekend!

 

[Magnet]

The Dodgers have locked up the NL Worst Divison already.
The question now is who are we going to play? Looks like it's going to be the Cubbies, who are the most complete team in the National League. Bring it on.

Not quite, they still need to win one more or have the D-Backs loose one more.

Anything is possible with the Dodgers.

 

[ChefChiTown]

ARGHHH! fucking White Sox are CHOKING!!!!! hoping they pull out this last game in Minnesota and come back home to seal the deal! I'll be at the games this weekend!

Yup. If we lose tonight, I think we're done. If we win tonight, I think we're in the playoffs.

Tonight's game will decide it all.

 

[ChefChiTown]

I just heard a really good argument as to why Manny Ramirez should be seriously and honestly be considered as the NL MVP...

On "Around The Horn" on ESPN, J.A. Adande brought up when Dennis Eckersley won the AL MVP back in 1992. During that year, Eckersley appeared in 69 games and pitched 80 innings. He won the AL MVP and only appeared in 80 innings out of the 1,000+ during the entire season. He played less than 1% of the time when the A's took the field.

Now, Manny Ramirez has played in nearly 500 innings during his tenure on the Dodgers and has had the biggest impact, of any player, for one team throughout the year.

500 > 80

I didn't really agree with Manny Ramirez being in the hunt for NL MVP until I heard that.

 

[Friday on my mind]

My White Sox...and the Cubs too!!!

I watched the cubs beat my mets last night.

The Cubs winning the world series would be a sure sign the apocolypse is at hand.Expect a worldwide depression,more super hurricaines ,waves of locusts,a meteor hitting the planet , a nuclear war etc.!:rofl:

 

[ChefChiTown]

Well boys, the game's about to begin. White Sox...Twins...the whole season could quite possibly be on the line with this one game.

As "The Hawk" would say...

"Sit back, relax and strap it down."

 

[Magnet]

I just heard a really good argument as to why Manny Ramirez should be seriously and honestly be considered as the NL MVP...

On "Around The Horn" on ESPN, J.A. Adande brought up when Dennis Eckersley won the AL MVP back in 1992. During that year, Eckersley appeared in 69 games and pitched 80 innings. He won the AL MVP and only appeared in 80 innings out of the 1,000+ during the entire season. He played less than 1% of the time when the A's took the field.

Now, Manny Ramirez has played in nearly 500 innings during his tenure on the Dodgers and has had the biggest impact, of any player, for one team throughout the year.

500 > 80

I didn't really agree with Manny Ramirez being in the hunt for NL MVP until I heard that.

Manny deserves to win an MVP some way or some how.

His overall numbers are some of the best in the league, and not to mention what he has done for the Dodgers.

 

[Magnet]

Liriano sucks

Come on Twins!!!!

 

[sp00ner77]

Phillies win, Brewers win and the Mets lose. Mets trail the the Phillies by 2 for the division and the Brewers by 1 for the wild card.

Johan Santana to pitch Saturday against Florida on three days rest, after throwing a career-high 125 pitches in his previous start Tuesday against the Cubs. Ben Sheets to pitch Saturday for the first time since Sept.17 and CC Sabathia (on three days rest for his third straight turn) on Sunday against the Cubs.

I wonder what things are like in the Becks and senob household right about now.

 

[darkwarrior3007]

I know how Senob probably feels though. I'm hoping for a Mets miracle and a Brewers implosion.

 

[Magnet]

I know how Senob probably feels though. I'm hoping for a Mets miracle and a Brewers implosion.

Im hoping for a phillies implosion. I cant stand the Phillies and I cant stand Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, or any other philly for that matter.

I think the Brewers are on the verge of going on one of those streaks they had earlier in the year when they caught up to the Cubs in first.

Mets suck, but hopefully they will make it in because I hate the phillies.