Wednesday, December 12, 2012
2013 Results: Bonds, Clemens, Piazza and Biggio are elected to the Hall of Merit!
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Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio have been elected to the Hall of Merit!
The timing for our first year electing 4 candidates could not have worked out better, since class of 2013 is the strongest in terms of electees that we’ve ever had. The top of the 1934 ballot included Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Pop Lloyd, Smokey Joe Williams and Cristobal Torriente, but only 2 were elected.
Bonds and Clemens were each unanimous at 1 and 2. I believe that’s the first ...
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< 1 2Everyone out there reading this thread: do yourself a huge favor and don't make the mistake of actually believing the crap that comes out of McCoy's mouth. He is the biggest B.S. artist who posts on here by miles.
I think most people are going to find your statement comical. You've got to be the most sensitive douche I've ever run across on the internet. Either that or you live a very sheltered life if you not believing me when I say that Davey Johnson is an alcoholic and that the Nationals wanted a distributor to give them the champagne for free makes me the biggest B.S. artist on BTF. I mean that is some serious proof you got there.
I have news for you. These rat bastards are holding out on you, they are party monsters.
The reason they don't invite you is because you are doing all their work.
And I'm sick and tired of this apple cider drinking, off day softball playing, 5 WAR 19 year old showing up the league with his showboating and shoving his faith and sobriety down everyone's throat.
LOL.
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"Hello?"
"Hello, is this the kettle?"
"Yes."
"This is the pot. Know what?"
"What?"
"You're black."
The lengths you will go to deliberately miss the main point never cease to amaze me.
Frankly, you would be a lot more credible if you spelled the word Mormon properly. Three times now on this thread you have spelled it "Morman". Are you doing this on purpose?
The lengths you will go to deliberately miss the main point never cease to amaze me.
I'm sorry I missed your point. If I had to explain why I missed your point I would say it is because you were simply wrong. I mocked him because his proof of me being BTF's biggest BS artist is two extremely minor stories/opinions that he apparently does not believe are true or disagrees with me on my side of the opinion.
It's is also amusing to see the hyperbole that you are now bandying about. The lengths I will go to? My rebuttal to you was a one sentence statement. What length wouldn't have amazed you? See Spot run? You spent more time on your snark against me than I did in replying to it.
Honestly, though, I doubt Harper's religion would have been mentioned were it not for the political backdrop.
Rumor has it that Dennis Eckersley is Mormon (still looking for confirmation). I don't believe anybody in the media made a big deal out of his drinking exploits during his playing days.
Everyone out there reading this thread: do yourself a huge favor and don't make the mistake of actually believing the crap that comes out of McCoy's mouth. He is the biggest B.S. artist who posts on here by miles.
I've known this for several years.
Seriously, man, be prepared to be called out when you make bold, shocking statements on this forum. This isn't ESPN.com. You've been here long enough to know this. You were asked here specifically for proof, and then spent the rest of the thread upset that your reputation has been damaged because you never furnished said proof.
Is this directed at me? I'm not upset that Joey B thinks anything negatively about me. I find it amusing. I also find it amusing that giving a name somehow turns it into proof. I relayed a story that I happen to know. If you don't want to believe it go right ahead and don't believe it but I'm not sure how me saying how it was Dunder, Dunder, and Mifflin that was the distributor turns it into a believable story. Joey B is sensitive little dude when it comes to the Washington Nationals and for whatever reason he cannot tolerate this amusing little tidbit to be true. As I said to him already, "well, good for you".
I also state that whenever a troll like Joey B demands something of me I tend not to comply with their demands and I'm especially not going to comply with his demands after the manner in which he asked for proof.
Anyway, what exactly did I say that was bold and shocking?
No, because you actually have no idea whether or not he drinks alcohol. He says he doesn't drink alcohol, so you report that's what he says. You're not insinuating anything other than that you don't have independent verification of the fact. This is Journalism 101.
I have no idea why I typed it that way. I know how to spell Mormon and it is not an obvious typo. That being said, not sure my spelling errors cancel out you logic errors, or even you inability to provide any explanation beyond hating Brennan.
The Tigers hit well & pitched well to sweep the Oakland A's in the ALCS in 2006. Maybe that's a good omen. Go Tigers!
I think the best plan is to have some bottles of fuzzy juice too so everybody can have a toast.
Which changes my point not one whit. It was just a jab at you, McCoy: you mocked him for not providing proof (or, if you prefer, bringing up two "minor" statements that he doesn't agree with, which clearly you feel does not equate proof), but you have provided no proof yourself. That's all. Any twelve-year-old would've figured my point out pretty easily, since (A) I specifically ONLY quoted your statement about his lack of proof, and (B) used a cliche (that has been around for at least one hundred years) in such a way as to be transparently obvious.
See, this is what I'm talking about. Do you not understand idioms? The remark was clearly just another jab at you, suggesting that you deliberately miss the point so that you can rant. The irony of your doing it yet again specifically on this topic is not lost on me.
"Hyperbole?" Bwa ha ha ha ha.
Let it go, fellas. You'll live longer and happier.
The software company I work for used to be a subsidiary of a PR/Advertisement firm. Whenever the PR firm would land a big contract or retain a big contract, they would call everyone to the meeting room for a glass of bubbly. These events usually occurred between 10 and 11 am and would last for ~15 min, everyone would only have 1 glass and listen to how awesome so and so has been in landing the contract.
About 45 min later the President or a VP would be pushing the unfinished & unopened bottles around on a cart, refilling glasses and handing out bottles to whomever wanted them. It was commonplace to have consumed 3-5 glasses of champagne before lunch.
Those were the good days.
Eh, I'm done. The fact that you think I was taking up Joey B's cause is so hilarious I can't concentrate anymore.
Back in the early-mid 90's I worked for a small-ish (~150-250 employees) biotech company. Once a month, on a Friday, they'd hold what they called "soiree." Work stopped around 2:30 or so. They brought in food -- lots of pizzas, or giant Togos sandwiches, or whatever -- and served beer on tap. (Sodas, water and wine were also available, but the vast majority of employees lined up with Solo cups for the beer.) We'd then spend the next couple of hours stuffing our faces and getting pleasantly buzzed.
Everyone participated, so it was not uncommon to end up in line next to the CEO (or another exec) and just chat about whatever.
That was a great job.
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