NFL needs a Chinese-American QB
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, April 14, 2012 3:48 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
RIP timmy chang
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Saturday, 14 April 2012 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
baseball's competitive balance is fine right now but i highly doubt that it's sustainable. the new cba is going to be a big step in making it so--watching the sox and the yanks scramble to get their salaries in order this past offseason was the major signal that things are going to be different from now on.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 15 April 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://randomoverload.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/38f51f42se-traveler.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 15 April 2012 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
he throws a football about as well as a 19th century Chinaman.
― onibaba o'reilly (Eisbaer), Sunday, 15 April 2012 04:17 (twelve years ago) link
people aren't talking about whether baseball...should even be played
I'm talking about it, because it's boring as all fuck.
nope, it's just you
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 April 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
I find football almost unwatchable on TV. It's boring as fuck, five seconds of action followed by 40 seconds of nothing followed by 2 minutes of commercials.
and that "action" is boring. It's the sport this country deserves.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 April 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
Please sum up the strategy in baseball beyond versatile pitchers and power hitters, because outside of those things I don't see any. Football is all strategy from kickoff to the final tick of the clock.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
There's more shit going on in basketball, hockey, and soccer than in baseball. I'd put tennis on baseball's level strategy-wise, but even tennis is more fun to watch because it's person vs. person.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha have you got about 25 years?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
we could talk about pitch selection for 5
beyond versatile pitchers and power hitters
I get the fact that the best pitchers can game the batter, and that's the most interesting aspect of baseball. Beyond that, though, it boils down to "should I or should I not attempt to steal third?"
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
we'll just have to agree that I have no idea what you're talking about.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
also, the "worst" major-league pitchers 'game' the best batters all the time, which is why hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
I'm constantly amazed at the reaction times fielders have on the ball - to know in the split second after the ball leaves the bat where you need to be is something.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 15 April 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
I've probably got a lifetime .400 record at bat and I suck.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 April 2012 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
.400 ops?
― mookieproof, Sunday, 15 April 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but my sample size is really small. One season of little league and some intramural games in college.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 April 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
How many runs created per 27 outs, JF? What's your BABIP? WAR? Win Probability Added? We need a fuller picture.
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 April 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
really good point made above, about how the Yankees massive payroll isn't necessarily an advantage because they can sign the best players (as it's rare to get a top 5 player in free agency - most players peak in their 5th or 6th season of team control), but rather because the bad contracts won't kill them. I remember reading something about how the Brewers could have been a force from 2005 until now, had they not signed Jeff Suppan to a long-term contract. Because one thing led to another, and another, and suddenly they couldn't afford certain players, etc. etc. In about 2 or 3 years A-Rod is going to be the worst contract in baseball and the Yankees will still go on. But if you think high payroll automatically means success, look at what's happened to the Cubs (the Yankees, with their astronomical payroll, are an exception)
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Monday, 16 April 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
Goddell is by far the worst here of a trio of fools.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 16 April 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 19 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 20 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Remarkably uninteresting results. How odd that it should be so.
― Aimless, Friday, 20 April 2012 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
i can't make a logical case for it but goodell is not getting his due
― call all destroyer, Friday, 20 April 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
logical case: head trauma is leaps and bounds a more important issue than steroids (big source of Selig's bad rap) and Goodell actively ignored the issue, tried to move to an 18-game season while talking about player safety and has now taken to demonizing the kind of players the NFL built a lot of popularity around rather than making a real attempt to fix the systemic issues?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 20 April 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
goodell is evil, but such is the nature of his position
the other dudes more obviously suck, unless you're a shareholder
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
well the difference between head trauma and steroids is that you really can't get rid of the former, but I don't want to defend Goodell and his intentional misunderstanding of the issue
― you can expect punches, kicks and even worse (frogbs), Friday, 20 April 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7881228/players-nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-toughest-critics
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1085526/Animation15.gif
― pplains, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
the fact that Goodell got only 3 votes in this makes me want to puke
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
give him time, bill
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
Goodell is Mussolini; Selig and Stern are Hitler and Stalin. all three are contemptible assholes who never should be allowed to hold any responsible office, but it's a question of degree of assholery.
― Nu Metal is the best music there is, the rest is pussy shit. (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
or to be less inflammatory -- Goodell is Mitt Romney; Selig and Stern are Gingrich and Santorum.
― Nu Metal is the best music there is, the rest is pussy shit. (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
goodell is doing a pretty bang up job imo. new cba was solid work.
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
I loathe the man. I am happy they got a deal done so we didnt miss a season (that would have been a nitemare) but he really sucks. Making one guy judge, jury and executioner is a total joke.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
I may have to change my vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGIr3i2Unu4
― pplains, Thursday, 14 June 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
And if you hate Jim Rome, fine. But ask yourself who you hate worse at the end of this clip?
RE-DO THIS FUCKING POLL
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
at least some instant replay
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
Hahaha, it would probably come out the exact same way, if we have any replacement mods running this joint.
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:49 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:54 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Can I take my bow now? If this poll was taken now, it should be a shutout and Goddell should win. The guy is utterly incompetent. Also a Nazi
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
This ref thing is fucking amazing to me. As a Bears fan I want to do nothing but chuckle hardily at the Packers throwing away a game in the final seconds, but not like this.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
lol bill i just came here to copy/paste that exchange
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:00 (eleven years ago) link
who knew it would take Roger Goddell ruining football to get me to start watching it regularly again? I am spending every game waiting for the exasperated, crestfallen cries of discontent from the announcers about how the replacement refs are destroying America and I don't think I've ever had so much delight watching ie the Jets come from behind to win (although Tebow getting beaned in the head with the ball was a factor there as much as the terrible refs)
also this is totally against the spirit of the sport but anything that screws over the Packers is automatically awesome to me
at the end of the day I think I just like carnivals, which is what the NFL currently is
― cake-like Lady Gaga (DJP), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/REPLACEMENT-REF.gif
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.pigskinbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/replacement-ref-kevin-ogletree-trips-hat.gif
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:15 (eleven years ago) link
looooooool
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
^^^^^^ obv terrible, but also the funniest fucking thing
― cake-like Lady Gaga (DJP), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
I mean why did that even happen
― cake-like Lady Gaga (DJP), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
fuck wearing a hat
― barthes simpson, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 14:18 (eleven years ago) link