why is everyone on ilx so betrothed with the village voice?

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(The Voice lost 7-5, btw. And no, Chuck E. was not there, nor Xgau.)

― Joseph McCombs, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

They should make a movie out of this softball game, Kevin Costner could play Alex.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

For Love of the FIRE!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

It would end like Escape from New York.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Hiya Joseph. Thanks for that (and thanks for actually swinging at one of my pitches).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

omg wtf only on ilx would you get a critical breakdown of a corporate baseball game!!

― doomie x, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

joseph rates the game at three stars whilst alex is weighing in at two.

― doomie x, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

SOMEONE PLS WRITE A CONCEPT REVIEW FROM THE POV OF THE BALL K THX BYE

― idea man, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, media people talking about their lives as lived, what a pretentious joke...

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I didn't get much contact with the Voice's bats.

― the Ball (vassifer), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

err. wasnt being snarky it just made laugh. but not in a mean way!

― doomie x, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah, media people talking about their lives as lived, what a pretentious joke...

The fact that the two teams in question are both members of the media establishment is entirely incidental to the point, g--ff.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 14:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i felt that the ball was treading on thin ice by the time of third inning. i mean, dizzee rascal, would not have given up by then. but i was quickly entranced by the sounds of the ball which had a hip-hop beat yet was marred by the proto-throbbing gristle noise of the booing.

― doomie x, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry. i am beyond tired today. 70s live-action clown shows would reduce me to tears and laughter today.

― doomie x, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)

alex i'm with you! (forgot my sarcasm tag, as usual)

― g--ff (gcannon), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

doomie, it is actually pretty hilarious, but yer Grime Lurve references are off the mark.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

but i made a 'knowing' allusion to wiley. does that count for anything-anymore?

(someone remind me why doing three nights of live reviewing ontop of everything else is just basically a very tiring thing to do.)

― doomie x, Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I like the Voice's music and film sections, but generally I find idealogues to be tedious, and the Voice is a flash point of ideology. Identity politics are a bore too.

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

but i made a 'knowing' allusion to wiley. does that count for anything-anymore?

no, cos Alex doesn't like Grime and the grimeists in the VV are mostly ILXors who weren't at the game. :)

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/040119softball.jpg

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 18:41 (twenty-one years ago)

ken griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw...

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

steve sax and his run-ins with the law...

― peter smith (plsmith), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I like BASEBALL okay, but really my sport is LACROSSE, which is the one true sport, except for EXTREME IRONING, which I've never played but I'm certain is pretty much the greatest.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 18:58 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.karlschatz.com/photoblog/images/ashville_1363.jpg

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Iron Maidens.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it true Nat Hentoff is "a national treasure?"

― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 21:23 (twenty-one years ago)

yup, a big ol jazz lovin free speech defendin prolife national treasure bear

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait so in softball people are allowed to complain that balls are being thrown too fast!?

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, yeah, it's called "slow-pitch" softball. You pitch underhanded, which means the arc of the pitch has to be just so in order to get over the plate....and getting it over the plate at a velocity that isn't deemed "too swift" by those considerate of the arguable skills of a co-ed team. It's tougher than it sounds, actually. I'll concede....my pitches can be on the swift side (I didn't earn the nickname "speed metal" for nothin'), but it ain't like I'm whippin' bullet trains at'em (and I've fielded very few complaints from other teams). Moreover, as I've labouriously alluded up-thread, their first two pitchers departed from established convetion as well....but we didn't complain.

In any case, if my pitches were too fast (and I asked my teammates and captain if they thought they were..everyone said 'no'), that would've been fine. I think I took exception to the manner in which the expressed their discontent (a seeming fatwa on actually swings, lots'n'lots of attitude and lots and lots and lots of heckling). Yeah, I know, chatter is all part of the game, but in many cases yesterday it was gettin' a wee bit out of hand. Got a problem with my pitching? Why not respectfully take it up with my team's captain instead of being needlessly vindictive jackasses about it? It was just an ugly, ugly atmosphere towards the end of the game (key word there: "game", as in "fun" and/or "recreational activity").

But, y'know, whatever....spilt milk. I'm sure the next time our two teams face off, it'll simply be more of same. C'est la guerre.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know man, if someone can't hit an underhanded pitch at any speed they shouldn't be attempting to play a sport ("sport"?) in the first place.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 11 August 2004 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

in most "for fun" slo-pitch leagues i've been in, your own teammate is the pitcher and you get 3 pitches or else your out.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 12 August 2004 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

To the best of my knowledge, the VV team is called the Veggies. Pretty intimidating.

Alex, what publication are you playing for?

― Akiva, Thursday, 12 August 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

TIME Magazine. We've never settled on a proper name (early contenders were "the TIME Bandits" and/or "TIME: The World's Most Interesting Softball Team", but we never reached a consensus).

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The vogue soccer team has scary t-shirts:

http://www.gawker.com/topic/2004_08_judgingyou.jpg

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:36 (twenty-one years ago)

i am judging them unsilently.

― g--ff (gcannon), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 12 August 2004 12:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I am loudly judging these fashionistas on the following grounds:

The one with the fat back has bad accessories and her bra strap is showing. Anna Wintour has probably sacked her for disgracing the uniform already.

I nominate for their next slogan we are reliving our formative years in junior-high cliques

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i just can't get over the word "betrothed" in this thread title

― |a|m|t|r|s|t| (amateurist), Thursday, 12 August 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Are you betrothed with it?

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm betrothed with this thread. It's a hoot.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

when someone bitches about your pitches, alex, that's when you put the next one behind their head

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)

"Silently honouring the fire" should be printed on the back of the Time team's shirts.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Thursday, 12 August 2004 16:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Or "RAISE YOUR STANDARDS"

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 13 August 2004 01:24 (twenty-one years ago)

or "how about a little New Yawk Press up the aaaasssss, beeatch?"

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 13 August 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

yup, a big ol jazz lovin free speech defendin prolife national treasure bear

Don't forget, he was in favor of war in iraq.

― djdee2005, Friday, 13 August 2004 07:34 (twenty-one years ago)

BASEBALL IS SUM PUNKASS BORRRINGGG YANKEESHIT!! Not all us Voicians are NYCentric. (And if yall want to stop wondering about TexassTrashVegass or wahtevux, just get off yr ass, or onto it depending where yr keyboard is, and go to villagevoice.com, type the name of whatever music or anuthang into the searchbox (put it in quotes or you'll get even more irrelevance than otherwise. You'll find stuff re Tx, etc, and it links to whole VVMedia Empire: seattleweekly.com, nashvillescene.com, etc.! Simply unbelievable, but true.

― Don Allred, Monday, 16 August 2004 23:08 (twenty-one years ago)

What language is this?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Pardon outburst. I'm just jealous because I live in the country (which one?), and third base is not what it should be. Besides, Meltzer thinks it's good *because* it's boring, so either way I'm wrong

― Don Allred, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 12:51 (twenty-one years ago)

that clears things up.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

The Voice is scheduled to play the NY Times tomorrow. If I hit a HR against Kelefa Sanneh I'll let everyone know. The team is indeed called the Veggies, I am so sorry for that.

― Joseph McCombs, Tuesday, 17 August 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

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