ayn rand hand job posted:

Considering that in 1899, the Spiders were basically torn apart by the Robinson brothers (the owners). They traded their best players to the St. Louis Cardinals who were owned by...the Robinson Brothers.

They then proceeded to have the worst season, losing 134 games, which still hasn't been topped. They lost 101 games on the road. Their home attendance would make Marlin games look like Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Anyway bring back the Cleveland Naps.

AsInHowe posted:

I brought this up in another thread, and people keep bringing it up across the internet. Why? Because Spiders is an awesome name that really should be used immediately, and is already the best possible nickname not used in the four major sports (now that Pelicans has been taken).


I have an idea - Cleveland sucks at naming sports teams.

The MLB team is the Indians, a nickname introduced with a racist cartoon in the local paper on the day it was announced.

The NFL team is the Browns, named after a team legend, but their logo is an plain orange helmet. Not a brown helmet, or anything brown at all. Really, it's like if the Indians logo wasn't Chief Wahoo, but another racist caricature of a completely out of left field ethnicity.

The NBA team is the Cavaliers, which, really, what the gently caress. These guys below are the most intimidating mascots in Cleveland major sports.



Other names for the Cleveland NBA franchise could have been the Jays, Foresters, or Presidents. Jays could've been a little weak, Presidents would've been rad, but Foresters would have been amazing. Why? The Cavs' longtime arena, the Richfield Coliseum, was built in the middle of what's now the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. A team could've played in a cool arena in the middle of a treasured national forest, with a name to match. Instead, they're named after a group of Frenchmen who wore ridiculously stupid outfits.

In short, Cleveland needs to stop naming teams, and let the rest of us name them for the city.

ElwoodCuse posted:

This thread's namesake is on Twitter right now blaming the Pittsburgh school stabbing on anti-bullying hysteria, the lack of male teachers, harsher punishments for in-school fighting, and the lack of armed security guards. This is a new low even for garbage like him.

FairGame posted:

I forget who it was, but someone after Newtown wrote 100% unironically that children need to be trained to rush shooters since a herd of 30 1st graders can probably bring down a shooter with fewer casualties than most school shootings have.

Nice to see that sportswriters can get in on the idiocy too.

mozza posted:

Canadian journalist Roy MacGregor pulls the "Augusta is charmingly old-fashioned" card, dismisses the discrimination against black people and women in a couple quick paragraphs as "controvers[ies]" that "could not hold." I don't know if I'm just being sensitive but I can't untangle old-fashioned charm from the oppression with which it was bundled.

MourningView posted:

The Masters is the loving worst, even by the incredibly low standards of "televised golf". Not only are you watching people golf, which is an inherently idiotic pursuit that no one under the age of 75 should engage in, but you are watching the most smug and self-important sporting event in entire world. Everyone please stop.

R.D. Mangles posted:

Scorching hot take.

MourningView posted:

The Masters is the loving worst, even by the incredibly low standards of "televised golf". Not only are you watching people golf, which is an inherently idiotic pursuit that no one under the age of 75 should engage in, but you are watching the most smug and self-important sporting event in entire world. Everyone please stop.

RickReilly posted:

• Stall Steward -- At the Masters, the service never stops, even when a "patron" takes a bathroom break. As you enter the on-course men's room, a kind of urinal wrangler greets you and directs you to the latest opening. "Got two in the back row!" a guy was hollering in the restroom near the 11th hole Thursday. "Back row, no waiting!"

It's a great job if you like telling people where to go.

If you require an actual stall, there is a kind of commode concierge, who invites you forward.

"Here you are, sir!" 18-year-old blue-blazered Carlos Ruiz was beckoning Thursday, as though he was finding you a table at Sardi's. "Come on in!"

Then Ruiz went in first, spritzed disinfectant on the seats and wiped it off before standing aside to let the invitee enter, then closed the door afterward. He did everything but shout encouragement. And he had his deodorizer (strawberry) ready for the follow-up.

Same deal in the women's bathroom, where, outside, a woman named Ellen Luchtel of Napa, Calif., was flabbergasted. "I've been to three-star Michelin restaurants," Luchtel gushed. "And even they didn't do that for me."

Pay: $7.25 (minimum wage), but time and a half after 40 hours. And Ruiz guessed he would work 84 hours this week.

"It's worth it," says Ruiz, who is saving his money in hopes of attending Georgia Southern next year, where he wants to play first base and pitch.

Wonder if he'll bring the spritzer to the dugout?

Fag Boy Jim posted:

I think golf is actually very cool. Racism, and sexism are both bad, though.

Quest For Glory II posted:

I actually legit enjoy watching golf on the final day because of all the people who gently caress up massively and start melting down. I would think any sports fan can enjoy failure.

Jota posted:

What's even worse is all the stories about the assholes that watch and then call up the PGA or whatever to bitch about and report people breaking the rules and how they have to be penalized like how loving sad is your life

Jota posted:

What's even worse is all the stories about the assholes that watch and then call up the PGA or whatever to bitch about and report people breaking the rules and how they have to be penalized like how loving sad is your life

MourningView posted:

Didn't it turn out that the guy who snitched on Tiger was Jim Nantz? That was hilarious. It is the most Jim Nantz thing imaginable.

MourningView posted:

Of course you would like loving golf.

SEC Bag Man posted:

"Hey, how'd he get that ride? His uncle bought it. How did his uncle buy it? Paid cash. Paid cash, how'd he do that? poo poo, we don't know, but here's the receipt where he paid cash, and now y'all ain't got poo poo. Go tell the NCAA you think we're cheating because this kid's uncle bought him a used Tahoe in cash, you racist."

R.D. Mangles posted:

I actually completely agree with all of your points and don't understand why people watch golf on television, but it was a pretty strong take. I'm only in favor of sports where people need to execute tasks with exceptional skill while I can drink beer and scream at Starlin Castro why don't you move to England where you can be around thousands of people like you who don't know how to play baseball.

MourningView posted:

Golfing is fun as heck to actually do (and when I say "golfing" I of course mean "getting super drunk and driving recklessly in golf carts"). My issue is only with watching it on television, which is the worst sort of old man thing to do.

Mob posted:

I came to see what everyone thought of the Bag Man piece on SBNation(I LIKED IT) but surprisingly nobody has posted it yet. I'm sure it was discussed in some NCAA thread somewhere but in case you didn't see it check it out:

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/10/5594348/college-football-bag-man-interview

Here's my favorite quote:

Politicalrancor posted:

This article is fascinating

MourningView posted:

Golfing is fun as heck to actually do (and when I say "golfing" I of course mean "getting super drunk and driving recklessly in golf carts"). My issue is only with watching it on television, which is the worst sort of old man thing to do.

Declan MacManus posted:

My dad took me golfing this weekend because he's old and rich and that's just what we do now I guess but I had way more fun getting lovely at the driving range afterwards so I think if golf switched to some sort of home run derby format but with drives and heckling they could capture that elusive 18-49 demo

Declan MacManus posted:

My dad took me golfing this weekend because he's old and rich and that's just what we do now I guess but I had way more fun getting lovely at the driving range afterwards so I think if golf switched to some sort of home run derby format but with drives and heckling they could capture that elusive 18-49 demo

Sash! posted:

isnt that right posted:

Yeah, this owns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bTXwmg2e4

Declan MacManus posted:

My dad took me golfing this weekend because he's old and rich and that's just what we do now I guess but I had way more fun getting lovely at the driving range afterwards so I think if golf switched to some sort of home run derby format but with drives and heckling they could capture that elusive 18-49 demo

Politicalrancor posted:

This, much like the actual home run derby, is fun in theory and incredibly boring in practice.

C. Everett Koop posted:

Where is this and when are we going I'll get my clubs.

Sash! posted:

I can beat people pretty badly because they go for the long drives that get more points, whereas I am reliable enough with a pitching wedge to employ a death by paper cuts strategy.