tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post1051947431881585517..comments2024-03-28T07:19:18.670-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Schadenfreude 64 (A Continuing Series)allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-85732087585421664722008-10-08T17:17:00.000-07:002008-10-08T17:17:00.000-07:00I thought there were others out there from the Ang...I thought there were others out there from the Angels 02 team. I can be wrong about that point. They were still gooder than this moron team.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-15754356864450097072008-10-08T10:46:00.000-07:002008-10-08T10:46:00.000-07:00I wondered the same thing. Might it be a Midwest v...I wondered the same thing. Might it be a Midwest v. New England effect? And I don't know that Cubs fans are particularly conservative, are they? Mostly it's just a funny <I>bon-mot</I> from Mr. Will.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854846988721545811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-3689379507838995662008-10-08T10:41:00.000-07:002008-10-08T10:41:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854846988721545811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-57354320867112761692008-10-08T10:36:00.000-07:002008-10-08T10:36:00.000-07:00The George Will quote is a classic. Of course, it ...The George Will quote is a classic. Of course, it only goes so far, with all the liberal Red Sox fans pre-2004, but whatever.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-8188749338101537512008-10-08T10:28:00.000-07:002008-10-08T10:28:00.000-07:00I came across this lovely quote from George Will a...I came across this lovely quote from George Will and I thought I'd pass it on...<BR/><BR/><I>“My friends rooted for the Cardinals and grew up happy and therefore liberal. Because of my early and prolonged exposure to the Cubs, I became morose and conservative.’’</I> -George Will<BR/><BR/>I love it!richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854846988721545811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-29008521199683890972008-10-08T03:41:00.000-07:002008-10-08T03:41:00.000-07:00i know i'm a sox homer. but there's no way you can...i know i'm a sox homer. but there's no way you can say TBS was biased in favor of the red sox. as a matter of fact, the TBS broadcasters were going on about red sox fans' sense of entitlement and complacency as the result of winning because fenway was too quiet for their liking in the early innings of game four, and one of them even said it would be good for baseball for the angels to win. i didn't get as upset about it as others in RSN because i figure, probably the broadcasters get paid more if the series goes 5 games, or some other cynical reason like that was behind it. but to say they were biased in favor of boston...i just don't see how you could say that. <BR/><BR/>but... judging by <A HREF="http://www.overthemonster.com/2008/9/30/625005/5-questions-with-halos-hea" REL="nofollow">rev halofan's pre-series comments</A>, i'm not all that surprised to see him / her take that tack.<BR/><BR/>also, the person alleging the series is fixed b/c the league wants the sox in the series...wrong again. the league wants nothing more than to have someone new win every year and spread the wealth / attention around as much as possible. that's what any national sports league wants - as many fans in as many cities involved as possible, especially in the playoffs. it just doesn't make any logical sense to say such a thing.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255333060200977485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-43783293102598472372008-10-07T19:29:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:29:00.000-07:00LOB is often just a measure of OBP anyway.I always...<I>LOB is often just a measure of OBP anyway.</I><BR/><BR/>I always say this (tho not as succinctly), but no one ever listens.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-13992410194152077262008-10-07T19:28:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:28:00.000-07:00I am so fucking mad right now over this entitlemen...<I>I am so fucking mad right now over this entitlement attitude that the angels have. </I><BR/><BR/>Psst, Andy. We won.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-15562116200181512602008-10-07T19:27:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:27:00.000-07:00andy said... This Angels team is half as good as ...andy said... <BR/> This Angels team is half as good as the early 2000 teams. The team that won the world series would put this team to shame. Those players are all over the league now making a difference for their current teams.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Andy, I agree with your thoughts about this years team, but what players from the World Series Team in 2002 are all over the league making a difference......?????<BR/><BR/>Tim Salmon, Darin Erstad, Scott Spiezio????? who9caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214364466933716867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-7434235809952223172008-10-07T19:26:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:26:00.000-07:00and WTF someone voted for rays in 4?Hey, some peop...<I>and WTF someone voted for rays in 4?</I><BR/><BR/>Hey, some people are going to vote for John McCain!laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-68760002999815809582008-10-07T19:25:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:25:00.000-07:00Great post, and great Post. Thanks for both.Great post, and great Post. Thanks for both.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-71415717930590694432008-10-07T19:23:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:23:00.000-07:00Andy is going to be in fine Rays-hating form by Fr...Andy is going to be in fine Rays-hating form by Friday night. Should be fun.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-37261403392462585802008-10-07T18:38:00.000-07:002008-10-07T18:38:00.000-07:00I hurt myself laughing at the babby formed thing. ...I hurt myself laughing at the babby formed thing. wtf is that? I cant stoppp laughing.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-73600896016357840222008-10-07T18:32:00.000-07:002008-10-07T18:32:00.000-07:00I am so fucking mad right now over this entitlemen...I am so fucking mad right now over this entitlement attitude that the angels have. How can they think they deserve to win a series? This Angels team is half as good as the early 2000 teams. The team that won the world series would put this team to shame. Those players are all over the league now making a difference for their current teams. A whole lotta hype that they bought into and now their egos are huge. Nice job winning zero games where there is no big green wall in this series.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-32350226507821871202008-10-07T17:37:00.000-07:002008-10-07T17:37:00.000-07:00I am going into work tomorrow to debate this lacke...I am going into work tomorrow to debate this lackey bullshit. The one fan there today who paid up his $20 bet with change was trying to convince me that the Angels just played bad and that should worry me that we barely beat them. Duh, the 3 run single did not win the game so it is out for an excuse. Lackey is now criticizing Fenway? Does he know that Fenway is one of the original great parks that helped to launch baseball to national prominence thereby allowing for the shit eating team he plays for to grow out of manure on the west coast? The broken bat single that scored a run was nothing unlike what they do running all over the fucking bases making dumbass mistakes. Oh and nice bunt. I suppose that was because of the Pesky Pole. Bottom line: your wins were inflated and Boston did not make any of your mistakes for you. Fuck you Anaheim. My new favorite team to hate. Because of my locality I now hate them more than the yankees.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-17773222239023526992008-10-07T17:28:00.000-07:002008-10-07T17:28:00.000-07:00To further the sore loser point...What a fucking c...To further the <A HREF="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=20081007020359AA9KmDf" REL="nofollow">sore loser</A> point...<BR/><BR/>What a fucking cunthat. Almost as bad as the yahoo answers "<A HREF="http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf" REL="nofollow">how is babby formed</A>"timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041184236514293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-75980551356096649152008-10-07T17:24:00.000-07:002008-10-07T17:24:00.000-07:00There is something to be said about the Red SOx te...There is something to be said about the Red SOx team since '03 .They have a different swagger , something that is being instilled into the younger guys at the lower levels. It's seems as they say we are the Red Sox ,beat us, because we won't beat ourselves...This organization has changed the mindset of fans , players, and mlb.<BR/><BR/>I haven't gone through the game thread of last night, I had bit of a stomach flu, but toughed out the game......I am still trying to wrap my mind around the squeeze bunt....<BR/><BR/>And people at that Angel site, even if the broadcasters were pro-Red Sox , who cares , they didn't play or call balls and strikes.....9caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14214364466933716867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-92170269115337095832008-10-07T16:47:00.000-07:002008-10-07T16:47:00.000-07:00and WTF someone voted for rays in 4? fuckers!troll...<I>and WTF someone voted for rays in 4? fuckers!</I><BR/><BR/>troll, i presume.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-20363483618793312622008-10-07T16:36:00.000-07:002008-10-07T16:36:00.000-07:00wicked schdenfreude!and WTF someone voted for rays...wicked schdenfreude!<BR/><BR/>and WTF someone voted for rays in 4? fuckers!timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041184236514293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-24127271778107299562008-10-07T16:32:00.000-07:002008-10-07T16:32:00.000-07:00John Lackey and Hank Steinbrenner should have a So...John Lackey and Hank Steinbrenner should have a Sour Grape-off. They would just sit and watch the ALCS together and the winner is whoever's head explodes first. ...Come to think of it, we'd all be winners.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04486022160481131077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-87604493190127882212008-10-07T15:23:00.000-07:002008-10-07T15:23:00.000-07:00"HAHAHA. Anyone ever seen this before?Angels.com"Y..."HAHAHA. Anyone ever seen this before?<BR/><BR/>Angels.com"<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's <A HREF="http://letsgosox.blogspot.com/2008/05/holdouts.html" REL="nofollow">number 8</A> on my list of "teams who don't own [their name] dot com" from this past May. There are some other funny ones on there. I LOVE how the Rays don't have rays.com.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-42246382632985735672008-10-07T15:04:00.000-07:002008-10-07T15:04:00.000-07:00My dislike for these clowns is getting up near Whi...My dislike for these clowns is getting up near White Sox-levels.<BR/><BR/>I know. I had no idea these guys were such douchebags.Pepe Lepewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17719557482979323749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-87283003796129991352008-10-07T14:49:00.000-07:002008-10-07T14:49:00.000-07:00Anyone with Frod as a teammate has NO business com...Anyone with Frod as a teammate has NO business complaining when an opposing player expresses his emotions after doing something good on the field.<BR/><BR/>My dislike for these clowns is getting up near White Sox-levels.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-15864579228324451592008-10-07T14:33:00.000-07:002008-10-07T14:33:00.000-07:00Michael Wilbon just called the Angels a bunch of w...Michael Wilbon just called the Angels a bunch of whiners and told Lackey to "shut up!"Pepe Lepewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17719557482979323749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-18865384572559765102008-10-07T14:12:00.000-07:002008-10-07T14:12:00.000-07:00LOB is often just a measure of OBP anyway.LOB is often just a measure of OBP anyway.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.com