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peepoogenderparts posted:Alongside Bill Plaschke's book about Tommy Lasorda, it is easily the worst book I've ever read. For those of us who missed it, could you give a brief rundown of what Plaschke's Lasorda book was like?
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:For those of us who missed it, could you give a brief rundown of what Plaschke's Lasorda book was like? It wasn't the content as much as it was the writing style. I got halfway through the book thinking I had gone full retard because I couldn't understand a word he was saying.
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Jan 3, 2012 19:39
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peepoogenderparts posted:It wasn't the content as much as it was the writing style. I got halfway through the book thinking I had gone full retard because I couldn't understand a word he was saying. Were there any paragraphs longer than a sentence? fake e: gently caress, I just imagined having to edit a Plaschke piece. I want to cut myself.
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Jan 3, 2012 19:53
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There were tons of three or four word sentences waxing philosophical about Tommy Lasorda. "And then, he was" or "For him, to be." I mean, it was about 7 years ago that I read it, and to this day I remember it just for the terrible writing.
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Jan 3, 2012 20:14
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Did Lasorda talk about his son, or was he still at the point where he refused to acknowledge he even had one?
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It was so long ago and such a confusing book that I seriously don't remember. It went back and forth between the present and the past, so you never knew where you were in relation to time. He might be talking about Lasorda eating a hot dog, and then talk about a game in 1978, and then a piece of pizza, and you had to figure out which timeframe he was using. I'm going to the library after work. I might try to check it out again and relive the danger.
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Jan 3, 2012 22:54
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Clay Travis posted:http://deadspin.com/5872972/cocaine-suicide-women-and-guns-an-aj-daulerio-story Even Clay Travis thinks AJ Daulerio is a sleazy prick, ouch.
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Jan 4, 2012 18:42
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From the Charlotte Observer:
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Jan 4, 2012 21:27
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morestuff posted:From the Charlotte Observer: This is always entertaining. The Steve Levy incident from 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-cq0WG_qSA
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Jan 4, 2012 22:29
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The Red Sox were a bunch of limp-wristed weakass pussies last year but Bobby V. will make them TOUGH again
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nick cafardo is the worst
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:nick cafardo is the worst
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Jan 5, 2012 22:23
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Tim Thomas posted:Serious question: are any Red Sox reporters good? They all suffer from varying levels of schlockiness. if you count chad finn he's pretty good, and i don't mind alex speier but neither of those guys are beat guys (speier works for WEEI). to be fair, neither is cafardo. fatty abe is fair to middleish (creepy about women though) and he is on the beat.
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Jan 6, 2012 04:20
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I know Rob Parker is typically terrible, but this is one of the worst articles I've ever read. http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/7429623/the-city-atlanta-worst-sports-town-america I hate arguments that such and such team deserves to win more because they have more fans. I root for Tampa Bay area teams so obviously I am used to seeing empty seats, but straight up saying a team deserves wins based on attendance when the other team is near in the largest city in America is dumb as poo poo. Atlanta doesn't get any football games blacked out, and I've never heard issues there with attendance other than that Rich-Rod year where everything was a disaster anyways (and looking it up they were top half of the league that year).
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Jan 6, 2012 19:11
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Shocking. A New York columnist thinks that sports games should be determined based on relative city quality, AND argues that New York is the superior city. God, even the actual writing is putrid.
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Jan 6, 2012 19:48
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Jim Rome is leaving ESPN. Hooray!
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morestuff posted:Jim Rome is leaving ESPN. Hooray! Rack it!
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Jan 6, 2012 20:55
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http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/news/should-lidges-number-be-retired?blockID=625574&feedID=10156 Should Lidge's Number Be Retired? quote:The smart money says those greats will have company that go by the names: Howard, Utley and Rollins. Roy Halladay might join that list depending on both the length of his success and his Phillies’ career.
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stuart scott irl posted:http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/news/should-lidges-number-be-retired?blockID=625574&feedID=10156 Holy poo poo I just now got Bill Baer/your blog's name Also, lol
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Jan 6, 2012 22:34
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stuart scott irl posted:http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/news/should-lidges-number-be-retired?blockID=625574&feedID=10156 I'm not at all sure if the correct response to this is a giant rolleye smiley vomiting rolleyes, or a giant barf smiley vomiting barfs. Goddamn do I wish the Phillies had Billy Wagner and Lidge on the team in the opposite order they did.
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Mornacale posted:Shocking. A New York columnist thinks that sports games should be determined based on relative city quality, AND argues that New York is the superior city. I hate when people start sentences with "Hence". I'm not sure if it is bad sentence structure or anything, but I just hate that word for some reason.
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Jan 7, 2012 00:16
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The pitch type database at my job lets us leave notes and Lidge has my favorite note from back in 2008: "best slider in the game! NASTY"
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I CHALLENGE THEE posted:The pitch type database at my job lets us leave notes and Lidge has my favorite note from back in 2008: "best slider in the game! NASTY" Have you left a mean joke in Adenhart's record yet
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Jan 7, 2012 02:25
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Crion posted:Have you left a mean joke in Adenhart's record yet 
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Jan 7, 2012 02:39
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the yankees should retire brad lidge's number because he was instrumental in their 2009 world series win
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Moe_Rahn posted:the yankees should retire brad lidge's number because he was instrumental in their 2009 world series win I'm all for it!
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marioinblack posted:I know Rob Parker is typically terrible, but this is one of the worst articles I've ever read. By Rich Rodriguez do you mean Bobby Petrino? Jim Rome is leaving ESPN...but going to the CBS Sports Network, your home for Marshall/East Carolina football games! He apparently makes the big chunk of his money from radio and does JRIB for exposure.
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Moe_Rahn posted:the yankees should retire brad lidge's number because he was instrumental in their 2009 world series win That was so great. He looked like old Brad Lidge for 2 batters and then Damon came up and the charade ended.
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Jan 7, 2012 14:48
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The Yankees should retire every number and eliminate identifying information from their uniforms entirely.
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Mornacale posted:The Yankees should retire every number and eliminate identifying information from their uniforms entirely. True Yankees will recognize that the only thing that really matters is what's on the front of the uniform.
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MorningView posted:True Yankees will recognize that the only thing that really matters is what's on the front of the uniform. Alex Rodriguez's uniform would be a blank canvas. He could fill it with sponsorships.
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And now batting, number 3B, third base for YOUR New York Yankees, Third Base!
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dog poop n doritos posted:And now batting, number 3B, third base for YOUR New York Yankees, Third Base! 3B Yankees is the new QB Eagles
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I also want A-Rod to replace the Yankees lettering on the front of his jersey with his last name, and then the logo on his cap with the Scoobi A-Rod avatar.
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Jan 8, 2012 04:15
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Then change his number to the dollar figure left on his contract.
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MorningView posted:Then change his number to the dollar figure left on his contract. Another good use for the Matthew Lesko Suit Jersey.
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Posted without comment http://www.courierpostonline.com/ar...7Ctext%7CSports
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AlleyViper posted:Posted without comment I just...holy poo poo. How do you think Dave Concepcion is worthy of the HoF, and NOT Barry Larkin?
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Everyone, I'm going to let you all in on a little secret: most of the BBWAA writers make most of their decisions for purely emotional reasons, and then make post hoc rationalizations of who they do/don't want in. There is no rational process by which you can question that vote, because there was no rational process used to make it. Similarly, I am increasingly convinced that Jack Morris's case is now almost entirely about nostalgia.
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"Concepcion was the Ozzie Smith of his day" well that would be all fine and good except that their careers overlapped by 11 years
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