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How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« on: October 18, 2012, 12:51:44 pm »
Following a suggestion by NeilT in this thread, here is a thread designed to act as a suprepository all of the instances in which the Astros and/or their fans have been fucked by (Fuck You) Bud Selig.  I'll start:

* Forcing move to the AL

* Persuading McLane to be pretty much the only owner to adhere to draft contract signing guidelines, causing multiple draft picks to be wasted on "unsignable" players

* Mandating the roof be open at MMPUS during the 2005 WS

* Refusing to allow the O's Bros to set up during the 2005 WS

* Moving the Ike-impacted home game with the Cubs to "Chicago-North", forcing the players to leave their families at a time of crisis and gifting that asshat Zambrano a no-hitter (oh, and lining his own daughter's pockets in the process)

* Initiating inter-league play and thus spawning the ridiculous Silver Boot competition with the Rangers, which was then used to propagate the false notion of a rivalry between the teams, which was then used (in part) as a justification for the move to the AL


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Re: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2012, 12:53:56 pm »
I'm not a fan of that Cuban trade embargo thingie.
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2012, 12:54:03 pm »
What happened with the O's Bros?  I don't remember that.
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Re: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2012, 12:54:54 pm »
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Re: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2012, 12:56:57 pm »
Quote from: roadrunner on October 18, 2012, 12:54:03 pm
What happened with the O's Bros?  I don't remember that.

They used to set up in a handicapped area in the upper deck that was empty.  The Astros' stewards used to let it go as long as no one actually needed the space.  Selig's henchmen ruled MMPUS during the WS, and told them no.
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How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2012, 12:58:53 pm »
How about the phony exoneration of Braun? 
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Re: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2012, 01:00:30 pm »
Quote from: Limey on October 18, 2012, 12:51:44 pm

* Mandating the roof be closed at MMPUS during the 2005 WS



Open?
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« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2012, 01:01:50 pm »
Quote from: Limey on October 18, 2012, 12:56:57 pm
They used to set up in a handicapped area in the upper deck that was empty.  The Astros' stewards used to let it go as long as no one actually needed the space.  Selig's henchmen ruled MMPUS during the WS, and told them no.

I don't know if the complaint was that they weren't in their normal section, but I was sitting right next to the full complement of O's Bros during Game 3.  They were set up with their sign and wizard hats and everything.  This seems like a pretty petty grievance.
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Re: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2012, 01:04:49 pm »
Quote from: Bench on October 18, 2012, 01:01:50 pm
This seems like a pretty petty grievance.

Point of order: There is no grievance against William Huber Selig that is too petty.  Carry on.
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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2012, 01:05:42 pm »
Quote from: Bench on October 18, 2012, 01:01:50 pm
This seems like a pretty petty grievance.

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« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2012, 01:19:55 pm »
Threatening to take the revolver off of the Colts jersey.
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« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2012, 01:24:47 pm »
This time it counts.
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« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2012, 01:27:31 pm »
Isn't it a little late to start getting worked up over Selig?
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« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2012, 01:38:35 pm »
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« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2012, 01:39:26 pm »
Quote from: chuck on October 18, 2012, 01:27:31 pm
Isn't it a little late to start getting worked up over Selig?

Helps remind me why I'm shunning all things baseball.
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« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2012, 01:41:07 pm »
Quote from: chuck on October 18, 2012, 01:27:31 pm
Isn't it a little late to start getting worked up over Selig?

It is never too late to spew hatred towards Huber Selig. NEVER!
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Re: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2012, 01:53:20 pm »
Quote from: OregonStrosFan on October 18, 2012, 01:41:07 pm
It is never too late to spew hatred towards Huber Selig. NEVER!

Thank you, OSF.

I'm glad I didn't have to come to this thread and regulate.


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« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2012, 05:57:30 pm »
Coerced Craine into agreeing to AL under the implied threat that his ownership would not be approved if Crane did not capitulate. I thought that shit was illegal.
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« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2012, 06:01:34 pm »
Steroid era.
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« Reply #19 on: October 18, 2012, 06:39:53 pm »
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« Reply #20 on: October 18, 2012, 08:20:51 pm »
Quote from: remy on October 18, 2012, 06:39:53 pm
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« Reply #21 on: October 18, 2012, 09:18:12 pm »
Ok, ok, let's be rational here.  Nobody's really come up with anything substantial that was aimed directly at the Astros since Limey's first post. Every other Selig decision harmed the MLB as a whole (Braun, ASG), so if you put those aside and take a look at the whole picture, he's still the worst FUCKING sports figure alive today.

Let's give the man some credit.
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« Reply #22 on: October 18, 2012, 09:23:39 pm »
Quote from: Ebby Calvin on October 18, 2012, 09:18:12 pm
Ok, ok, let's be rational here.  Nobody's really come up with anything substantial that was aimed directly at the Astros since Limey's first post. Every other Selig decision harmed the MLB as a whole (Braun, ASG), so if you put those aside and take a look at the whole picture, he's still the worst FUCKING sports figure alive today.

Let's give the man some credit.

Excuse me: why are we restricting the comparison to sports figures who are alive today?
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« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2012, 10:42:12 pm »
Quote from: austro on October 18, 2012, 09:23:39 pm
Excuse me: why are we restricting the comparison to sports figures who are alive today?

I'm not sure he was worse than Kenesaw Mountain Landis.  Every bit as bad though.
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Re: How Do I Hate Thee? Let Me Count The Ways...
« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2012, 12:47:24 pm »
Quote from: Ebby Calvin on October 18, 2012, 09:18:12 pm
Ok, ok, let's be rational here.  Nobody's really come up with anything substantial that was aimed directly at the Astros since Limey's first post. Every other Selig decision harmed the MLB as a whole (Braun, ASG), so if you put those aside and take a look at the whole picture, he's still the worst FUCKING sports figure alive today.

Let's give the man some credit.

Ah ha! You got me with the switcheroo on the last sentence!  Also, Bud Selig deserves some sort of Dante-esque eternal punishment, so evil is he!
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