Totally Unlistenable

[Quality Start Machine]

Speaking of Hub, has he not heard of the state of Oregon before?  He pronounces it like an alien.

Hub's not an alien?

Wow, this changes everything.

[Oleg]

In a town that has color guys like Hawk, Zonk, Edzo and Stacey King - Jim Deshaies is an absolute titan.

Hawk is a color guy? I'm asking seriously because I have no idea what he thinks he's doing.

He invented the batting glove, that grants him license to do whatever he wants.

There was a dude on our new Cody's team rocking a batting glove in practice the other day. He was a bit mentally challenged, so I said nothing. But one of our other guys wondered aloud about the possibility of wearing wide receiver gloves in 16" softball. I looked around for Fork, Huey, Oleg etc. and none of them were there. So I laid into the guy vehemently and said, absolutely fucking not. What the hell have I turned into?

Did you order him to get off your lawn?

He's older than me, so no. If any of the aforementioned were there, he would have been more thoroughly disparaged to be sure. I was about as condescending as I could manage though. 

I'm sorry I'm just getting to this now. What the fuck?

[CT III]

In a town that has color guys like Hawk, Zonk, Edzo and Stacey King - Jim Deshaies is an absolute titan.

Hawk is a color guy? I'm asking seriously because I have no idea what he thinks he's doing.

He invented the batting glove, that grants him license to do whatever he wants.

There was a dude on our new Cody's team rocking a batting glove in practice the other day. He was a bit mentally challenged, so I said nothing. But one of our other guys wondered aloud about the possibility of wearing wide receiver gloves in 16" softball. I looked around for Fork, Huey, Oleg etc. and none of them were there. So I laid into the guy vehemently and said, absolutely fucking not. What the hell have I turned into?

Did you order him to get off your lawn?

He's older than me, so no. If any of the aforementioned were there, he would have been more thoroughly disparaged to be sure. I was about as condescending as I could manage though. 

I'm sorry I'm just getting to this now. What the fuck?

Wait, when did you get here?

[Gilgamesh]

Now that Jason Collins has made news as being the first active gay athlete in a big four North American professional sport, one should listen to all of the callers (and I presume fans) who make such declarations incredibly difficult in pro sports, i.e., pretty much anyone calling The Score right now on Boers and Bernstein.

There are equally horrible comments on pretty much every news story written about this as well, comments that I am desperately trying not to gil.

[Quality Start Machine]

Now that Jason Collins has made news as being the first active gay athlete in a big four North American professional sport, one should listen to all of the callers (and I presume fans) who make such declarations incredibly difficult in pro sports, i.e., pretty much anyone calling The Score right now on Boers and Bernstein.

There are equally horrible comments on pretty much every news story written about this as well, comments that I am desperately trying not to gil.

Don't be so gay.

[CBStew]

Now that Jason Collins has made news as being the first active gay athlete in a big four North American professional sport, one should listen to all of the callers (and I presume fans) who make such declarations incredibly difficult in pro sports, i.e., pretty much anyone calling The Score right now on Boers and Bernstein.

There are equally horrible comments on pretty much every news story written about this as well, comments that I am desperately trying not to gil.

Think what the reaction would have been had this happened 20 years ago.  Or even 10 years ago.

[Gilgamesh]

Now that Jason Collins has made news as being the first active gay athlete in a big four North American professional sport, one should listen to all of the callers (and I presume fans) who make such declarations incredibly difficult in pro sports, i.e., pretty much anyone calling The Score right now on Boers and Bernstein.

There are equally horrible comments on pretty much every news story written about this as well, comments that I am desperately trying not to gil.

Think what the reaction would have been had this happened 20 years ago.  Or even 10 years ago.

I imagine there'd be more spittle 20 years ago.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

DPD.  I really wanted Keith Moreland to be good.  He was one of my favorite players on the '84 Cubs and Santo set the bar so low in the booth I was looking forward to Zonk, but I can't take it anymore.  He's totally unlistenable and somehow seems to be getting worse.

I liked last night when he pronounced Sam LeCure's last name as "liqueur."

Today he pronounced it "La Crew".

[J. Walter Weatherman]

DPD.  I really wanted Keith Moreland to be good.  He was one of my favorite players on the '84 Cubs and Santo set the bar so low in the booth I was looking forward to Zonk, but I can't take it anymore.  He's totally unlistenable and somehow seems to be getting worse.

I liked last night when he pronounced Sam LeCure's last name as "liqueur."

Today he pronounced it "La Crew".

Everyone knows it's pronounced "LeBlah".

[Bort]

DPD.  I really wanted Keith Moreland to be good.  He was one of my favorite players on the '84 Cubs and Santo set the bar so low in the booth I was looking forward to Zonk, but I can't take it anymore.  He's totally unlistenable and somehow seems to be getting worse.

I liked last night when he pronounced Sam LeCure's last name as "liqueur."

Today he pronounced it "La Crew".

Everyone knows it's pronounced "LeBlah".

LeBanzo Beanz

[Wheezer]

WGN-AM just featured Yellon in the 7:30p-8p Sports Night segment. Fortunately, I was too distracted by an independent wave of dysphoria to realize what was happening until the very end.

[Saul Goodman]

Just heard some of the dumbest baseball talk I've listened to in a while.  After the Padres game on AM 1090 they were talking about Yasmani Grandal coming back after his suspension.  The guys concluded they didn't want the team to activate Grandal and "disrupt this 25-man family" (the Padres are 18-21) because backup catcher John Baker "adds a lot of value" (he's hitting .115/.233/.115) with his ability to "lead younger guys" and "heal guys like he has a red cross on his shoulder."  DFA his shitty ass and make him a trainer then.  The geniuses went on to decide that once the team eventually activates Grandal, they should invent an injury for Baker and stash him on the 15 day disabled list.  What happens after those 15 days was not addressed.  I'm assuming the 29 other teams would jump at the chance to claim a .115 hitting catcher/trainer/nurse, so passing him to Triple-A through waivers isn't an option.

Anyway.  What do you guys think about Jim Deshaies so far?

[Internet Apex]

Just heard some of the dumbest baseball talk I've listened to in a while.  After the Padres game on AM 1090 they were talking about Yasmani Grandal coming back after his suspension.  The guys concluded they didn't want the team to activate Grandal and "disrupt this 25-man family" (the Padres are 18-21) because backup catcher John Baker "adds a lot of value" (he's hitting .115/.233/.115) with his ability to "lead younger guys" and "heal guys like he has a red cross on his shoulder."  DFA his shitty ass and make him a trainer then.  The geniuses went on to decide that once the team eventually activates Grandal, they should invent an injury for Baker and stash him on the 15 day disabled list.  What happens after those 15 days was not addressed.  I'm assuming the 29 other teams would jump at the chance to claim a .115 hitting catcher/trainer/nurse, so passing him to Triple-A through waivers isn't an option.

Anyway.  What do you guys think about Jim Deshaies so far?

Nick Hundley was vocally butthurt about the prospect of losing his starting gig to a "guy who had a couple good months on steroids." Nice fucking family.

[ChuckD]

Just heard some of the dumbest baseball talk I've listened to in a while.  After the Padres game on AM 1090 they were talking about Yasmani Grandal coming back after his suspension.  The guys concluded they didn't want the team to activate Grandal and "disrupt this 25-man family" (the Padres are 18-21) because backup catcher John Baker "adds a lot of value" (he's hitting .115/.233/.115) with his ability to "lead younger guys" and "heal guys like he has a red cross on his shoulder."  DFA his shitty ass and make him a trainer then.  The geniuses went on to decide that once the team eventually activates Grandal, they should invent an injury for Baker and stash him on the 15 day disabled list.  What happens after those 15 days was not addressed.  I'm assuming the 29 other teams would jump at the chance to claim a .115 hitting catcher/trainer/nurse, so passing him to Triple-A through waivers isn't an option.

Anyway.  What do you guys think about Jim Deshaies so far?

Nick Hundley was vocally butthurt about the prospect of losing his starting gig to a "guy who had a couple good months on steroids." Nice fucking family.

Hrm?

Hundley is not related to former Major League Baseball catchers Randy or Todd Hundley.[9] Hundley's father, Tim, is a former assistant football coach at UCLA, Colorado, Washington, UTEP, and Oregon State.

[CBStew]

Anyway.  What do you guys think about Jim Deshaies so far?

Vanilla has never been my favorite flavor.