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Bet you weren't aware that tackling was part of old-school baseball. Stan Musial's grandson explains:quote:"My grandfather wasn't controversial, but what if Bob Gibson was on the mound,'' Schwarze said. "(Puig) never would have made third base, because Gibson would have run around the bases and tackled him." http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/10/17/cardinals-growing-weary-of-dodgers-dont-care-for-antics/3005639/
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Bob Gibson's transformation over the last few years from a hyper competitive rear end in a top hat with fantastic command who owned the inner part of the plate and threw at people to make a point into some kind of demi-godlike enforcer of Playing the Game the Right Way, especially among jerkoffs who weren't around to see any substantive part of his playing career like that dude, has been kind of funny to watch I think this is the second or third time I've seen him namedropped as someone who would interrupt a play, sometimes even while the ball was live, to start a fistfight or brawl with an opposing player over perceived disrespect, which is just incredibly insulting to Gibson Crion fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Oct 18, 2013 |
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Here, thread, have some spicy DFW flavor, courtesy of the esteemed Randy Galloway. http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/10/17/5256637/randy-galloway-nolan-ryan-forced.html If you don't know who he is, he's basically Nolan Ryan's mouthpiece. Now Nolan is out, so I guess Galloway thought it prudent to have a hilarious meltdown about it. My personal favorite part: Randy Galloway's Pants-making GBS threads Rage posted:Fan backlash will be substantial, particularly from the rank-and-file, while the geek element of fandom will cheer on Daniels. Manages to use derogatory language toward his supporters and throw unnecessary poo poo at THOSE loving STATS  in one fell swoop. That takes some skill.
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Some ESPN editor swung for the fences today:
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The life of Bubbaprog sounds really sad:quote:This is the way things go in Burke-world. Hurtak, 36, who edits reports for nonprofits and is working on a book about venture philanthropy in Uganda, tries to remain calm.
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quote:To start his day, Burke organizes his desk. He then organizes the games he wants to watch on the various monitors. He makes sure his three Mason jars are filled with water so he will not have to leave the room on the account of thirst. He keeps track of Twitter feeds, Deadspin and breaking news on a monitor he has programmed so he can keep abreast of the many things he needs to keep abreast of. Sadly the article doesn't go into detail on the defecation situation. Yeah it really is pretty sad, it reads like he wished on the monkey's paw to be paid to watch sports all day.
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Why use mason jars instead of a pitcher? 
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leokitty posted:Why use mason jars instead of a pitcher? Because after you drink 2/3 of a pitcher, it doesn't really make any room to put it back.
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And the best part is how they're naturally rinsed out as part of the cycle, no need to clutter up the dishwasher.
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Yeah I don't think that marriage is gonna last much longer.
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He watched Jaguars vs Rams for his job? That sounds like something Mike Rowe needs to do a show on.
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St1cky posted:He watched Jaguars vs Rams for his job? That sounds like something Mike Rowe needs to do a show on. I was listening to a fantasy football podcast (Fantasy Underground) and one of the guys on it mentioned he had to watch that game six times because he kept forgetting to look for things he wanted to look for.
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I have to watch a bunch of baseball for my job and around the middle of the season I started cursing the sport and all its component pieces. Watching baseball at the end of the regular season to see how cup of coffee guys were doing once rosters expanded took actual discipline. Do anything as a job and eventually it becomes actual work That dude's nuts though
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Crion posted:I have to watch a bunch of baseball for my job and around the middle of the season I started cursing the sport and all its component pieces. Watching baseball at the end of the regular season to see how cup of coffee guys were doing once rosters expanded took actual discipline. Do anything as a job and eventually it becomes actual work It's far beyond actual watching. At least you've got a column that can take some time to edit. Burke is watching every game, live and simultaneously, and is essentially trying to create instant .gifs before anyone else online. He is basically trying to gather every relevant sports image in the world, as it's happening. It's almost mindboggling that someone could even think up and begin a task like that.
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AsInHowe posted:It's far beyond actual watching. At least you've got a column that can take some time to edit. Burke is watching every game, live and simultaneously, and is essentially trying to create instant .gifs before anyone else online. He is basically trying to gather every relevant sports image in the world, as it's happening. Yeah that guy's on another tier The sort of tier that should be in therapy It will make for some interesting and depressing divorce law reading for law students, I'm sure
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Crion posted:Yeah that guy's on another tier I found his rationalization that "Well, I'm at home all the time for my wife" to be particularly depressing.
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It does seem very silly, and the idea of "scooping" gifs is just so... Bizarre. Like, I get they're fun, but making them isn't really an art (unless we're talking stuff like LSUfreek) and becoming obsessed with capturing it all is just depressing.
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Declan MacManus posted:It does seem very silly, and the idea of "scooping" gifs is just so... Bizarre. Like, I get they're fun, but making them isn't really an art (unless we're talking stuff like LSUfreek) and becoming obsessed with capturing it all is just depressing. There's a reason so many sites are doing them now, though. They're popular and get a lot of pageviews.
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morestuff posted:There's a reason so many sites are doing them now, though. They're popular and get a lot of pageviews. drat this GIF arms race. drat this GIF war. A division of labor would probably be more reasonable.
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I don't know what Gawker is paying the guy but it cannot possibly be worth doing that all day long every day.
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MourningView posted:I don't know what Gawker is paying the guy but it cannot possibly be worth doing that all day long every day. it's probably pennies on the dollar of what he should be making.
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What's really amazing is that Gawker hasn't found someone to do exactly what Burke does all day for half his salary. poo poo on Gawker all you want, they retain their talent better than any other journalism outlet going. [Tommy Craggs/Grantland joke goes here.]
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LARGE THE HEAD posted:What's really amazing is that Gawker hasn't found someone to do exactly what Burke does all day for half his salary. Gawker-style poo poo doesn't exactly open you up to a world of offers
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Neat oral history of the '89 quake during the A's-Giants series. Enjoyable. http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9859539/the-1989-world-series-earthquake-oral-history
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I have no idea where the hell to post this, but this Albert Burneko guy that posts occasionally on deadspin about beer/food? Is an idiot, and should quit writing stuff. Not saying Deadspin is some place of journalistic integrity, but they sometimes don't exactly hire the best people.
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are you mad about him making fun of your state's gross spaghetti chili?
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I was gonna get mad at him for saying Iowa's state dish was a corndog but upon review that actually sounds about right. He way underrated it though, corndogs are one of the most perfect foodstuffs ever created and frying ridiculous things that should not be fried is a wonderful and delicious tradition.
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South Carolina got off light; shrimp and grits is legitimately incredible, but they could have easily gone with boiled peanuts or mustard-based barbecue.
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Groucho Marxist posted:are you mad about him making fun of your state's gross spaghetti chili? "Cincinnati" is pretty much Kentucky, so no. Kind of like insulting the Cincinnati Bengals. (I'm a Browns fan) Was more offended at his pie ranking, and his beer ranking as well. Pecan Pies are amazing.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I have no idea where the hell to post this, but this Albert Burneko guy that posts occasionally on deadspin about beer/food? Is an idiot, and should quit writing stuff. I find him kinda funny v  v
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MourningBoo posted:I was gonna get mad at him for saying Iowa's state dish was a corndog but upon review that actually sounds about right. He way underrated it though, corndogs are one of the most perfect foodstuffs ever created and frying ridiculous things that should not be fried is a wonderful and delicious tradition. It's a well known fact that most foodstuffs are improved by putting them on a stick.
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FuzzySkinner posted:I have no idea where the hell to post this, but this Albert Burneko guy that posts occasionally on deadspin about beer/food? Is an idiot, and should quit writing stuff. He occasionally takes the piss out of Internet foodies, who I find among the most insufferable pricks on the planet, so he's cool in my book.
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I'm glad that burgoo got the nod for Kentucky. Fantastic stuff. (food chat all up in here, this is surprising)
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It is strange that he goes for the Cowboy cookie which I have literally never heard of , and skips the Denver omelette.
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Chicago deep dish pizza is tomato stew in a bread bowl  . Tasty, though. He should give Detroit-style pizza a try.
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Congrats goons, you somehow got foodchat into the loving sports journalism thread
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Nevada has no state food; also has no good prospects.
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how scripted is espn first take? e: i always figured they're just told to sensationalize their dumb opinions but i then i read some things that were like, "you're an idiot if you can't tell first take is massively scripted." 
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Deadspin linked to this after the Red Sox won. http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/02/24/hard-get-excited-about-these-red-sox/GQ5hTjgKOg6MI3gxDOJQWJ/story.html
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Peta posted:how scripted is espn first take? Kinda depends on your definition of scripted. They're not making up their opinions on the spot, they definitely know what they'er going to say and they know each others retorts, as with most sports talk shows. Skip Bayless is the loving Alfred Borden of sports talk though because he's almost never out of character to the point where you wonder if he actually believes the poo poo he's saying. Niwrad posted:Deadspin linked to this after the Red Sox won. we should tell his daughter he's an idiot
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