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Bump.

I'm very glad to participate in this discussion again now that this show is back on at 8:30.  Yes, I do not have DVR.  I'm quaint that way.  Or something.  But I work until 7 and am lucky to catch "The Office"  I'm just glad the shark-jumping "Scrubs" has been bumped. 

I can see this show pulling ahead of "The Office" as an all-around comedy.  Maybe I just miss the show, but I thought tonight's was steak balls.

The fact that it also featured the Great Brian Dennehy as a Teamster was gravy.  Does CT read this thread?

Oooh, nice call, Teej.

Methinks Chuck knows about that skeleton and has already prepared a rebuttal.

Stay tuned...or don't.

Long season.

I'll say this though--Soriano and his drunken-polar-bear-on-a-unicycle act needs to be taken down for defense in later innings.  No need having that clown with an irrelevant glove stapled to his hand out there in a  close games.

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Quote from: HST Redux on May 01, 2008, 07:40:11 AM
Too bad Micah Owings batting stats don't count in our fantasy league. His 6th inning pinch-hit home run helped to defeat the Astros last night.

Astros manager Cecil Cooper called it "by far, by far" the worst loss of the season.

"I mean, we can't even get the stinkin' pitcher out, we're in trouble," he said. "My goodness, a two-run lead and we can't even get out of the stinkin' inning. That's unacceptable, and it won't happen again."

Yes, Cecil, it will happen again.

Why do you say that?  Cecil made a promise that his team will never lose a lead after the sixth inning ever again.  He made it clear that losing such a lead would not be acceptable.  I think "unacceptable" is the word that he used.  Personally, I find it refreshing that a manager would make such a guarantee.  If only Lou would come to his good senses and give us cubs fans the peace of mind the Astros fans have. 

Quote from: EG on May 01, 2008, 08:27:21 AM
Owings isn't really a typical pitcher.  Cooper's probably too dumb to know this though.

He is black.  Is that what you're saying, EG?

Nobody with glasses that big can be dumb.

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Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on April 30, 2008, 01:36:22 PM
When I was in Korea, I was usually drunk before 5 AM.  That was when the Cubs games would come on around then, and I was incapable of handling the 2006 team sober.

So was the manager.

Drunk don't slump, dude.

Intrepid Reader: Hack Wilson

191 RBIs says that's a fact.

He never had a number.  Really the best Ciub.  That is the jersey I want.

For more on Hack, go to your local library and read "Veeck as in Wreck" where you can read Veeck recreating his earlier days when, as a kid, he would pour ice into the tub for Hack to work off his hangover/drunkeness.

Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on April 30, 2008, 01:36:22 PM
When I was in Korea, I was usually drunk before 5 AM.  That was when the Cubs games would come on around then, and I was incapable of handling the 2006 team sober.

So was the manager.

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Quote from: ~Apex on April 28, 2008, 09:02:17 PM
I had such high hopes for this draft thread. How it turned out is hard to define. I think I'll wait and see how it all plays out. 

We should, instead, rate a draftthread from a couple years ago.

Can it be a Paul Thread? That has yet to suck.

I'll give you a Bears thread that is nothing but BC and Paul ranting for a page and a half. 

http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=1782

I'm not even sure what to compare that pairing to. 

You did it, EG!  You herded cats!  Okay it was only two, but they said it was impossible.

I like how Paul called the season over 2 quarters into it like the hysterically overdramatic bitch that he was, in a season in which the Bears would eventually win a division.  I can see why I once thought The Smirk really was Teh Paul.

Also, thank for the reminder that I totally fucking ragged on Tommie Harris, EG.  I'm hanging my head for that one.

Just so you know, Pex, I ask even though I truly do not care.  I understand he plays softball with about 7 of the 350 people registered here.  I'm more amused than anything that Weebs talks about him as if he is understood by the larger Desipio community.  This shit's fringe as it is, and someone whose known by  less than 5% of that fringe (I'm guessing) begins to approach an abyss-like fringe nothingness that, quite frankly, scares me when I ponder it.  I mean, he's not regsitered here, is he?  And if he is, I demand he come forward and stop having Weebs speak for him, lest I conclude he does not exist.  

Basically, I'm just breakin' the Weebs' balls to let him know I'm uncomfortable with such a profound abstraction.  Capiche?

Also, who's Bill?

Will there be pretzels?

Who's Bill?

Everything has seemed to fall in place so far for the Cubs, so they better do it this year, before any effect that Jocketty has on the Reds won't matter to this year's Cubs, provided the Cubs continue to play like they have for the balance of the season, of course.

Quote from: thehawk on April 20, 2008, 03:54:19 PM
So Gange comes in the top of the 10th with a 2 run lead and gives up back to back dingers to Encarnacion and, wait for it...

Gabor.
Torres completes the loss. I luurve this division.

Giving such miracles its just due'd.

Dude.

Gabor?  really?  To tie it?

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Quote from: Weebs on April 18, 2008, 12:50:41 AM
Kudos to the writers on this episode.  It was incredible.  I figured at the end Michael was going to get closure with Jan, but they go to the grave of a woman who (if I read it correctly) had been dead for 5 years?  Brilliant.  It's like the dead bird all over again.  Also, Michael trying to back out of the meeting with Pam's landlady and having his drink served at the same moment had me crying.  I'm glad they've managed to keep Jim and Pam interesting after getting them together, though I have a feeling there will be some wedge to come between them sooner or later.

I found the scene with the landlady very interesting, as that was the first throwback to the BBC version I can remember since about the first season.

I still haven't seen the BBC version of the show.  I've been meaning to, but just haven't bought it yet.  If what you mean though is it's the first time Michael's sort of been a jackass, then I agree.  Though I've actually just got done re-watching season 2, and he certainly has his moments.  But I think it's obvious they wanted to make Michael a little more likable.  He's more of a klutz than an asshole in the American version.

How about you watch the BBC version first, sport?  Having a conversation about what you think Kerm meant in referencing a show you haven't seen is...well, it seems like a waste of words.

Honest.  It'll be like eating a bag of M & M's.  There are only about 12 episodes or so.  Won't take you long.  You'll be glad you did. 

Quote from: joesoxfan on April 18, 2008, 08:00:54 PM
This didn't take long.

QuoteGame Notes

MILWAUKEE PITCHER BEN SHEETS LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING DUE TO A STRAINED RIGHT TRICEPS The sun rose in the East today.

Not to mention they couldn't even sell out Riverfront Stadium when they retired Johnny Bench's # several years back.