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Big Puma gloss
« on: March 19, 2007, 09:52:27 am »
A light-hearted article on Lance. He named his old truck Paps? No mention of flapjacks...
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2007, 10:26:40 am »
"Jeff Bagwell might have been Cooperstown-bound as well had his shoulder cooperated."

If he had only learned to throw sidearm . . .
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2007, 10:54:13 am »
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"Jeff Bagwell might have been Cooperstown-bound as well had his shoulder cooperated."
 



Damn, how did I miss that? I have sent an email to Passan 'enlightening' him to the HOF assets of Mr. Bagwell.
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2007, 12:16:54 pm »
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A light-hearted article on Lance. He named his old truck Paps? No mention of flapjacks...



Carlos Lee is Flapjack.  I like it better than El Kabong or whatever nickname it was he got with the Brewers.  First day in camp, the unwashed are all concerned about his weight, and before he even finds the field, what does he do?  Eats a big plate of pancakes.
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2007, 12:33:09 pm »
I remember, and soon after he crushed the seed bucket.

I was referring to JackAstros' excellent Snack Spectrum.

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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2007, 12:42:51 pm »
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Damn, how did I miss that? I have sent an email to Passan 'enlightening' him to the HOF assets of Mr. Bagwell.


Passan's usually pretty good, but judging from his pic he's a youngster & prolly doesn't know any better.

Funny that he wrote that in an article where Berk says that if you're not in LA/NY/wherever that you're invisible.

If Bags isn't a HOFer, burn that sucker down.
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Re: Big Puma gloss
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2007, 01:00:53 pm »
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A light-hearted article on Lance. He named his old truck Paps? No mention of flapjacks...



Carlos Lee is Flapjack.  I like it better than El Kabong or whatever nickname it was he got with the Brewers.  First day in camp, the unwashed are all concerned about his weight, and before he even finds the field, what does he do?  Eats a big plate of pancakes.



I believe his previous nickname was El Caballo.  While I think that's good for the newpapers/media, for the faithful, he shall only be known as Flapjack
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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2007, 05:05:05 pm »
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I believe his previous nickname was El Caballo.  While I think that's good for the newpapers/media, for the faithful, he shall only be known as Flapjack



i dunno,El Kabong has a certain panache too.
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2007, 05:25:34 pm »
is it official tho if you decide on a nickname before the season satarts. i am sure mlb has something in the rules about that, they seem to have everything else under lock and key
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2007, 05:35:28 pm »
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One thing is official, you are in mid-season form.

Future congrats grandma!
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« Reply #10 on: March 19, 2007, 07:35:38 pm »
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I believe his previous nickname was El Caballo.  While I think that's good for the newpapers/media, for the faithful, he shall only be known as Flapjack



i dunno,El Kabong has a certain panache too.



I wholeheartedly agree.

Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey are two of my all-time favorite cartoon characters.  Also the Deputy Dawg bunch.  I digress.
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« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2007, 10:05:55 pm »
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is it official tho if you decide on a nickname before the season satarts. i am sure mlb has something in the rules about that, they seem to have everything else under lock and key



Actually, I believe that Bud Selig has licensed out the rights to official nicknaming. My understanding of the agreement is that official nicknames cannot be applied before May 1 of each season and that DirectTV will be the only licenced entity permitted to issue official nicknames. Any other media outlets wishing to utilize player nicknames must use the ones issued by DirectTV and they must also pay a royalty to DirectTV for each use of said name. There is some talk though that this agreement may have to go to through federal hearings so nothing is settled as yet. So far as I know.
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2007, 11:19:45 pm »
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is it official tho if you decide on a nickname before the season satarts. i am sure mlb has something in the rules about that, they seem to have everything else under lock and key



Actually, I believe that Bud Selig has licensed the rights to official nicknaming. My understanding of the agreement is that official nicknames cannot be applied before May 1 of each season and that DirectTV will be the only licenced entity permitted to issue official nicknames. Any other media outlets wishing to utilize player nicknames must use the ones issued by DirectTV and they must also pay a royalty to DirectTV for each use of said name. There is some talk though that this agreement may have to go to through federal hearings so nothing is settled as yet. So far as I know.



They're able to do this because of the goddamned anti-trust nick-xemption.
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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2007, 02:35:30 pm »
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. . . Chad Qualls talking a young player out of signing up for a 401k before his arbitration years.




Out of curiosity, what is the thinking here?  I'm sure I'm missing something, but...

Nowadays, I wish I'd signed up for a 401K when I was about 12 and had started mowing neighborhood yards for $10 a pop.  Which is another way of saying I've pissed away a serious amount of jack over the years.

Good times, though.
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Re: Big Puma gloss
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2007, 04:03:57 pm »
So... you would have paid taxes on the wages earned from mowing lawns as a kid?

Oops, I mean... yeah, that's what *I* did...

Also... Paps?   The Link
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« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2007, 04:23:54 pm »
That is some seriously good internet research right there.
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« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2007, 05:54:13 pm »
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Also... Paps?   The Link  



'77 F-150 had round headlights. That looks like a '79.

Damn, I miss those unis.    
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« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2007, 06:01:48 pm »
Given Berkman's memory (or lack thereof), I'd say it's possible that he forgot what year the truck was.  As weird as it is to put a truck on a baseball card, it'd be weirder to put a truck that has no connection to the player on said card.

Oh, and those uniforms were sweet.
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Re: Big Puma gloss
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2007, 07:44:24 pm »
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. . . Chad Qualls talking a young player out of signing up for a 401k before his arbitration years.




Out of curiosity, what is the thinking here?  I'm sure I'm missing something, but...

Nowadays, I wish I'd signed up for a 401K when I was about 12 and had started mowing neighborhood yards for $10 a pop.  Which is another way of saying I've pissed away a serious amount of jack over the years.

Good times, though.




By the way, you suck extra hard.  First you stold my idea of changing my avatar to my favorite album covers then you go an steal my next one (Rastaman Vibration).  I don't care if Bob did say "One Love", you're on my list now.
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« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2007, 07:54:19 pm »
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. . . Chad Qualls talking a young player out of signing up for a 401k before his arbitration years.




Out of curiosity, what is the thinking here?  I'm sure I'm missing something, but...

Nowadays, I wish I'd signed up for a 401K when I was about 12 and had started mowing neighborhood yards for $10 a pop.  Which is another way of saying I've pissed away a serious amount of jack over the years.

Good times, though.




By the way, you suck extra hard.  First you stold my idea of changing my avatar to my favorite album covers then you go an steal my next one (Rastaman Vibration).  I don't care if Bob did say "One Love", you're on my list now.



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Settle down, man.  

I almost used Kaya, since that was the tour I actually saw them on (Music Hall, downtown Hosuton, June or July of 1978 I think.)  But Rastaman Vibration had more of an overall impact on me.

There's plenty of LPs from that era to take care of both of us.  Change away. I try to change mine every Wednesday, so you can use Rastaman after tomorrow.
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« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2007, 08:12:14 pm »
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I try to change mine every Wednesday, so you can use Rastaman after tomorrow.




Nah...then people will get us confused and you'll start getting my hate mail.  You wouldn't want that.
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« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2007, 10:04:29 pm »
He has a doppleganger, who plays cricket for Bermuda.
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« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2007, 12:14:08 am »
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He has a doppleganger, who plays cricket for Bermuda.



Do you suppose Leverock knew how many wickets had been taken?

Yesterday when Berkman was playing first I sort of subliminally noticed an electric lime green color sticking out of one of his back pockets. In my subconscious I thought, What an odd color for a glove. A couple of batters later I happened to see him reach back, grab the thing out of his pocket, tilt his head back and shake something from the green bag into his mouth. I'm thinking, What the fuck? Everyone knows David Sunflower Seeds come in a red and blue bag!

So then I find  this. Apparently dude likes ranch.
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« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2007, 01:44:51 am »
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Apparently dude likes ranch.



Dill pickle seems more Berkman to me.
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« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2007, 12:13:08 pm »
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Do you suppose Leverock knew how many wickets had been taken?


He knew, it was the first pitch of just the second "over" (group of 6 pitches) in a 50 over match.  It's just that Bermuda vs. India is a mis-match of gargantuan proportions - think OWA Softball team vs. the Astros.  Imagine if some weird circumstance allowed that game to happen, and in the top of the 1st the Astros have the bases loaded, and Foggy induces the necessary grounder, which the infield turns into a 6-4-3 DP without anyone fucking up.  Would we care that there was still 8 innings to play?
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« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2007, 12:17:15 pm »
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He knew, it was the first pitch of just the second "over" (group of 6 pitches) in a 50 over match.  It's just that Bermuda vs. India is a mis-match of gargantuan proportions - think OWA Softball team vs. the Astros.  Imagine if some weird circumstance allowed that game to happen, and in the top of the 1st the Astros have the bases loaded, and Foggy induces the necessary grounder, which the infield turns into a 6-4-3 DP without anyone fucking up.  Would we care that there was still 8 innings to play?



LOL ... A perfect comparison.  Bermuda?  Don't they play cricket in a triangle there?
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« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2007, 12:17:40 pm »
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Imagine if some weird circumstance allowed that game to happen, and in the top of the 1st the Astros have the bases loaded, and Foggy induces the necessary grounder, which the infield turns into a 6-4-3 DP without anyone fucking up.  Would we care that there was still 8 innings to play?



Raup to Zipp to Waldo. Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
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« Reply #27 on: March 21, 2007, 12:31:11 pm »
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Raup to Zipp to Waldo. Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.


I believe it would become a widely used phrase, referring to a fleeting moment of monumental over-achievement.
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