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R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


should be the jamón fighters

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ZenVulgarity
Oct 9, 2012

I made the hat by transforming my zen

R.D. Mangles posted:

should be the jamón fighters

This guy

ChampRamp
Mar 29, 2010

:siren: SAVE_US.CHR :siren:
I was the only one who put Havana Nights?! I was serious about that one, too!

Xenophon
Jun 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Grimey Drawer
Question 6: Who will be the overall best rookie of the 2015 season?

Kris Bryant - 31
Tadashi
Tony Phillips
delfin
Jumba
Spoeank
Pander
Great White Hope
Dominus Vobiscum
Deathlove
zakharov
TipsyMc
Exodor
Vlad Antlerkov
Chilihead
Salvor_Hardin
ChampRamp
CraigK
ZenVulgarity
mentholmoose
CFBalla
The Pussy Boss
JosefStalinator
Senf
FairGame
No Safe Word
ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.
OzFactor
Cruel and Unusual
Pvt. Public
Juxta
HULKAMATT

Rusney Castillo - 8
WienerDog
abel wingnut
Ammat the Ankh
pfunkdaddy
SporkOfTruth
Boomer The Cannon
bumming your scene
Infidel Castro

Joc Pederson - 5
Paper Tiger
HCross
Julio Cruz
bawfuls
Harlock

Yoan Moncada - 4
Drunk Tomato
Koruthaiolos
skaboomizzy
Zapplez ("That New Cuban Guy")

"I don't really like the rules defining what a rookie is" - 3
lloyol ("Some dude who spent 5+ years in a professional major league in another country only to try to find success in the MLB but somehow classified as an MLB Rookie when he shouldn't be")
Rand alPaul ("Some 28-year old Cuban 'rookie'")
vegeta dentata ("Some Cuban guy with dubious birth credentials, an issue that will piss off sportswriters")

Yasmany Tomas - 3
TheJunkyardGod
seiferguy
canadianclassic

Jung Ho Kang - 3
TheFlyingLlama
Dr. Tommy John
straight up brolic ("That Korean Guy")

Joey Gallo - 2
naginalJJ
C. Everett Koop

Byron Buxton - 2
Reformed Pissboy
Everblight

Not Derek Jeter - 2
R.D. Mangles ("A 41-year old shortstop named Eric Peter")
Cool and good ("Bright and up coming prospect named Jerek Deter")

ACES:

Some guy nobody's even talking about or heard of - LeftistMuslimObama
Mookie Betts - Manifunk Destiny
DJ Peterson - Pungry
JoMarcos Woods - Kilonum
Someone not on my team - BearDrivingTruck
Steven Souza - Mr. Fix It
Dalton Pompey - Twin Cinema
The glowing, golden semen of Barry Bonds - ArtVandelay
Aaron Sanchez - INSPECTAH DECK
Henry Owens - MrChips
Javier Baez - Carlosologist
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - Ice To Meet You
Rob Manfred - Dale Ouise
Austin Nola - The Nards Pan
Barry Zito in a fake mustache, wearing his cap backwards - ALFbrot
Coming out of retirement means starting a new career which means an ROTY for Jim Thome - The Goog
Seth McClung - Politicalrancor
Jameson Tallon - Achillesforever6

skaboomizzy
Nov 12, 2003

There is nothing I want to be. There is nothing I want to do.
I don't even have an image of what I want to be. I have nothing. All that exists is zero.

Xenophon posted:


Question 4: This MLB player didn't have a great 2014 but I bet his 2015 will be excellent.

Josh Hamilton - skaboomizzy

I'm very proud that in less than 24 hours this answer went from just plain wrong to hilariously wrong.

ZenVulgarity
Oct 9, 2012

I made the hat by transforming my zen

Uhhhh Jose Abreu won rookie of the year at 27.

abelwingnut
Dec 23, 2002


i sure hope bryant pulls it off but this rusney guy seems pretty drat good and way more experienced

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


Abel Wingnut posted:

i sure hope bryant pulls it off but this rusney guy seems pretty drat good and way more experienced

bryant is going to either bust or get ludicrously injured

Reformed Pissboy
Nov 6, 2003

Hahaha I love the two fake Derek Jeter entries

ChampRamp
Mar 29, 2010

:siren: SAVE_US.CHR :siren:
I wasn't aware there was an Austin Nola, but sure enough

Shrecknet
Jan 2, 2005


Y'all sleepin on Byron Buxton something fierce.

Stiev Awt
Mar 20, 2007


:hfive: to Twin Cinema

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

Everblight posted:

Y'all sleepin on Byron Buxton something fierce.

You can't win RotY in AAA

ZenVulgarity
Oct 9, 2012

I made the hat by transforming my zen

R.D. Mangles posted:

bryant is going to either bust or get ludicrously injured

The Cubs Spirit is strong in you

Xenophon
Jun 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Grimey Drawer
Scores after question 6:

The Pussy Boss - 127
FairGame - 127
Juxta - 125
JosefStalinator - 121
Tony Phillips - 119
TipsyMc - 119
HULKAMATT - 117
Dominus Vobiscum - 116
ChampRamp - 115
ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. - 115
Jumba - 110
Tadashi - 109
CFBalla - 109
Vlad Antlerkov - 106
Exodor - 104
Zapplez - 102
Everblight - 100
Senf - 100
naginalJJ - 99
Ammat the Ankh - 96
delfin - 94
Great White Hope - 92
Deathlove - 91
MrChips - 90
SporkOfTruth - 90
Spoeank - 89
mentholmoose - 88
Koruthaiolos - 88
No Safe Word - 86
Manifunk Destiny - 85
WienerDog - 85
C. Everett Koop - 85
zakharov - 84
seiferguy - 82
Pvt. Public - 82
canadianclassic - 78
Pungry - 78
Boomer The Cannon - 78
bumming your scene - 78
OzFactor - 77
Paper Tiger - 74
Twin Cinema - 74
Salvor_Hardin - 74
Pander - 70
abel wingnut - 68
CraigK - 66
TheFlyingLlama - 65
Infidel Castro - 65
Mr. Fix It - 64
Drunk Tomato - 61
pfunkdaddy - 59
Cruel and Unusual - 56
ZenVulgarity - 55
Chilihead - 54
Julio Cruz - 52
HCross - 50
Reformed Pissboy - 49
Achillesforever6 - 49
INSPECTAH DECK - 46
vegeta dentata - 45
The Nards Pan - 44
Kilonum - 43
bawfuls - 43
TheJunkyardGod - 41
lloyol - 39
Harlock - 38
Carlosologist - 34
R.D. Mangles - 34
LeftistMuslimObama - 32
Dr. Tommy John - 31
skaboomizzy - 31
ALFbrot - 26
BearDrivingTruck - 23
Rand alPaul - 23
Cool and good - 16
straight up brolic - 13
Ice To Meet You - 12
The Goog - 10
Politicalrancor - 9
ArtVandelay - 7
Dale Ouise - 7



Q7. In the 2014-2015 offseason, which free agent got a way better deal than he should have?


Old Man Cuddy doing magic tricks, christ on a bike


some artsy bullshit


fat, fat fat fat

Shrecknet
Jan 2, 2005


Xenophon posted:

Q7. In the 2014-2015 offseason, which free agent got a way better deal than he should have?


Old Man Cuddy doing magic tricks, christ on a bike


some artsy bullshit


fat, fat fat fat

gently caress

I forgot all about these stupid idiots getting money.

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
Almost every answer here is acceptable.

abelwingnut
Dec 23, 2002


Everblight posted:

gently caress

I forgot all about these stupid idiots getting money.

it's ok because none of them are even close to correct

Xenophon
Jun 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Grimey Drawer
Question 7: In the 2014-2015 offseason, which free agent got a way better deal than he should have?

Max Scherzer - 17
Tadashi
Tony Phillips
naginalJJ
delfin
Jumba
abel wingnut
Ammat the Ankh
pfunkdaddy
Julio Cruz
CraigK
TheFlyingLlama
JosefStalinator
OzFactor
Cruel and Unusual
Zapplez
bumming your scene
Juxta

Pablo Sandoval - 10
LeftistMuslimObama
canadianclassic
Spoeank
WienerDog
Paper Tiger
TipsyMc
Chilihead
Salvor_Hardin
MrChips
Boomer The Cannon

Michael Cuddyer - 9
Manifunk Destiny
Reformed Pissboy
Great White Hope
Twin Cinema
zakharov
TheJunkyardGod
Dr. Tommy John
Koruthaiolos
Infidel Castro

Nick Markakis - 9
Vlad Antlerkov
CFBalla
The Nards Pan
The Pussy Boss
seiferguy
FairGame
ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.
Harlock
ZenVulgarity

Nelson Cruz - 5
Pungry
Deathlove
INSPECTAH DECK
Carlosologist
R.D. Mangles

Russell Martin - 5
lloyol
No Safe Word
bawfuls
HULKAMATT
Achillesforever6

James Shields - 3
Mr. Fix It
Dominus Vobiscum
Everblight

Billy Butler - 2
Exodor
SporkOfTruth

Ervin Santana - 2
ChampRamp
mentholmoose

Barry Zito - 2
C. Everett Koop
Senf

ACES:

Jon Lester - Kilonum
Hanley Ramirez - BearDrivingTruck
Gordon Beckham - Pander
David Robertson - HCross
Craig Counsell. Jason Marquis paid him $10 to leave him alone. - ArtVandelay
Chuck Knoblauch - straight up brolic
Justin Smoak - Ice To Meet You
Munenori Kawasaki - vegeta dentata
All of them if my friend who said he'd give his left nut to play in Bush Stadium is to be believed - Dale Ouise
Nick Punto - ALFbrot
Brad Penny (why god why) - Rand alPaul
Yoan Moncada - Drunk Tomato
Ryan Howard, who should continue to be paid the aggregate of every other Phillies player salary yearly until he dies - Cool and good
Giancarlo Stanton - Pvt. Public
Mark Hendrickson - The Goog
Seth McClung - Politicalrancor
Chase Headley - skaboomizzy

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo
Seth McClung's repeated appearance keeps making me laugh.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


surprised that more people didn't vote for lester, who is now infected with Cubs Stink

abelwingnut
Dec 23, 2002


surprised bobby bonilla made it through unsullied

Reformed Pissboy
Nov 6, 2003

Hanley Ramirez should be higher, but lmao at Chuck Knoblauch

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.
Oct 9, 2003

I've got a case of malt liquor stashed in the trunk, Mr. Marvin Gaye on the CD. We are gonna get all the way down.


R.D. Mangles posted:

surprised that more people didn't vote for lester, who is now infected with Cubs Stink

I thought about it, but then I remembered Nick Markakis got 4/44.

The MUMPSorceress
Jan 6, 2012


^SHTPSTS

Gary’s Answer
I'm glad someone liked my Wet Sox answer. My wife was less impressed.

ChampRamp
Mar 29, 2010

:siren: SAVE_US.CHR :siren:
Ervin Santana is the objectively correct answer

Xenophon
Jun 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Grimey Drawer
Scores after question 7:

Juxta - 142
JosefStalinator - 138
Tony Phillips - 136
The Pussy Boss - 136
FairGame - 136
TipsyMc - 129
Jumba - 127
Tadashi - 126
ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. - 124
HULKAMATT - 122
Dominus Vobiscum - 119
Zapplez - 119
CFBalla - 118
ChampRamp - 117
naginalJJ - 116
Vlad Antlerkov - 115
Ammat the Ankh - 113
delfin - 111
Exodor - 106
Everblight - 103
Senf - 102
Great White Hope - 101
MrChips - 100
Spoeank - 99
Koruthaiolos - 97
Deathlove - 96
WienerDog - 95
bumming your scene - 95
Manifunk Destiny - 94
OzFactor - 94
zakharov - 93
SporkOfTruth - 92
seiferguy - 91
No Safe Word - 91
mentholmoose - 90
canadianclassic - 88
Boomer The Cannon - 88
C. Everett Koop - 87
abel wingnut - 85
Paper Tiger - 84
Salvor_Hardin - 84
Pungry - 83
Twin Cinema - 83
CraigK - 83
Pvt. Public - 83
TheFlyingLlama - 82
pfunkdaddy - 76
Infidel Castro - 74
Cruel and Unusual - 73
Pander - 71
Julio Cruz - 69
Mr. Fix It - 67
Chilihead - 64
ZenVulgarity - 64
Drunk Tomato - 62
Reformed Pissboy - 58
Achillesforever6 - 54
The Nards Pan - 53
HCross - 51
INSPECTAH DECK - 51
TheJunkyardGod - 50
bawfuls - 48
Harlock - 47
vegeta dentata - 46
Kilonum - 44
lloyol - 44
LeftistMuslimObama - 42
Dr. Tommy John - 40
Carlosologist - 39
R.D. Mangles - 39
skaboomizzy - 32
ALFbrot - 27
BearDrivingTruck - 24
Rand alPaul - 24
Cool and good - 17
straight up brolic - 14
Ice To Meet You - 13
The Goog - 11
Politicalrancor - 10
ArtVandelay - 8
Dale Ouise - 8



8. PeteRoseChat: Describe Pete Rose in just one word.







n.b. there will lots of combining of answers, prepare to 'deal with it'

Ammat The Ankh
Sep 7, 2010

Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!
drat I just realized the objectively best answer for the Cuban team question is "The Reds"

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo

Ammat The Ankh posted:

drat I just realized the objectively best answer for the Cuban team question is "The Reds"

How could we have been so blind :negative:

Mr. Fix It
Oct 26, 2000

💀ayyy💀


Rand alPaul posted:

How could we have been so blind :negative:

fuuuuck

Senf
Nov 12, 2006

Ammat The Ankh posted:

drat I just realized the objectively best answer for the Cuban team question is "The Reds"

Noooooooooo

FairGame
Jul 24, 2001

Der Kommander

Ammat The Ankh posted:

drat I just realized the objectively best answer for the Cuban team question is "The Reds"

Goddammit

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


u talkin' u2s 2 me

The Pussy Boss
Nov 2, 2004

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:

I thought about it, but then I remembered Nick Markakis got 4/44.

Dingers are awesome but a dude who gives you a .350 OBP every year is also cool to have around.

Xenophon
Jun 28, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
Grimey Drawer
Question 8: PeteRoseChat: Describe Pete Rose in just one word.

Gambler/Gambling - 12
Manifunk Destiny
Pungry
Kilonum
Dominus Vobiscum
mentholmoose
seiferguy
ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.
Koruthaiolos
Infidel Castro
Salvor_Hardin
Pvt. Public
Juxta

Ineligible/Banned/Hall/Hall-less - 8
INSPECTAH DECK
The Pussy Boss
TheFlyingLlama
Tadashi
WienerDog
pfunkdaddy
CFBalla
Boomer The Cannon

gently caress/Fucker/rear end in a top hat/Turd/Scoundrel - 7
Chilihead
CraigK
SporkOfTruth
TipsyMc
Senf
HULKAMATT
LeftistMuslimObama

Charlie/Hustle - 5
Paper Tiger
Zapplez
lloyol ("Hustla")
Dr. Tommy John
Politicalrancor

Hairy - 5
Ice To Meet You
Julio Cruz
FairGame
OzFactor
The Nards Pan

Hits - 4
Exodor
ChampRamp
C. Everett Koop
ZenVulgarity

Fat/Huge - 3
Jumba
Drunk Tomato
Dale Ouise

Desperate/Hopeless - 3
zakharov
bawfuls
ALFbrot

Hero/Legend - 2
naginalJJ
skaboomizzy

Cheater/Cheating - 2
delfin
abel wingnut

Headfirst - 2
Spoeank
Cruel and Unusual

Bats - 2
Mr. Fix It
No Safe Word

Dwarf - 2
Rand alPaul
Twin Cinema ("Hobbit")[I know they're different races you LOTR nerds I just don't care]

Pete - 2
Cool and good
The Goog

Dishonest/Guilty - 2
canadianclassic
Tony Phillips

ACES:

Truffleshuffle - BearDrivingTruck
Pete Rose? He's the kind of guy that would use multiple words to describe someone, even though the rules explicitly state to only use one word, and using multiple words undermines the integrity of the whole exercise - Reformed Pissboy [pro-tier answer]
Neanderthal - Pander
FuckYouForInjuringRayFosse - Great White Hope
Shill - Deathlove
Centaur - Vlad Antlerkov
Pitchframer - ArtVandelay
Dumb - Ammat the Ankh
Sorry - MrChips
Ostentatious - Carlosologist
Fidelio - straight up brolic [Peter Rose is an English bass, known for among other roles 'Rocco' in the opera Fidelio. -Xen.]
Chicken - TheJunkyardGod
Hitler? - vegeta dentata
Ferrignostic - R.D. Mangles
Sweaty - Everblight
Troll - JosefStalinator
White - bumming your scene
Tombstoned - Achillesforever6
Quixotic - Harlock
Satan - HCross

seiferguy
Jun 9, 2005

FLAWED
INTUITION



Toilet Rascal
Cuban Enhanced Interrogators

Spoeank
Jul 16, 2003

That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it
Cruel and Unusual is correct

Rand alPaul
Feb 3, 2010

by Nyc_Tattoo

Xenophon posted:

Pete Rose? He's the kind of guy that would use multiple words to describe someone, even though the rules explicitly state to only use one wod, and using multiple words undermines the integrity of the whole exercise - Reformed Pissboy [pro-tier answer]

:lol:

BearDrivingTruck
Oct 15, 2011

You see the most shocking sights sometimes
I'm surprised "Truffleshuffle" didn't get grouped with "fat"

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SporkOfTruth
Sep 1, 2006

this kid walked up to me and was like man schmitty your stache is ghetto and I was like whatever man your 3b look like a dishrag.

he was like damn.

Ammat The Ankh posted:

drat I just realized the objectively best answer for the Cuban team question is "The Reds"

MOTHERFUCKER.


e: Just realized "Koreaphile" also works for Pete Rose, dammit.

SporkOfTruth fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Feb 26, 2015

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