Seems like your blackout issue is bizarrely linked to the presence of swords. Perhaps a reaction to a suppressed childhood memory of sword brandishing pirates boarding your mother's station wagon.

I presume that "boarding your mother's station wagon" is a euphemism, in which case - yes - I'm going to repress that for as long as I can.

Heh - actually, I didn't notice the commonality of swords. The other times were just when I was doing things like walking down the hall or something.

Kind of like Tony Gwynn played in a small market, for poor teams, in a division even more ignored by the media.

Are you high? Gwynn spent his entire career playing in California. That's not comparable to Cincinnati at all.

Ignore all actual statistics and base your argument almost entirely upon reputation, throw in how much Dunn is getting paid, and you'll have a pretty good start.

That is not fair, SBB uses stats, they are just massively cherry picked stats. He would probably advise you to 1. remind people that the White Sox didn't finish in playoff contention last year, so Dunn's poor year didn't hurt them so it doesn't count. 2. He would look at the record of Dunn's team when he does hit a homerun. Saying he uses them to win games.(without looking, I pretty much guarantee his team has a winning record when he hits a homerun, it's probably the case for most players not stuck on crappy teams, but that doesn't matter for SBB's purposes, it's the narrative of this one particular player that counts)

Are you high?

No.

Gwynn spent his entire career playing in California.

No, he played his entire career in San Diego, a complete backwater as far as national and east coast media are concerned.

That's not comparable to Cincinnati at all.

Actually San Diego is probably not, it's probably worse.

Apropos of nothing, with his 2 HRs today, Dunn has 87 RBI and a .208 BA.

As near as I can tell, the lowest batting average for a player with 100 RBI in a season is .218 by Tony Armas.

We are watching History, people.

As near as I can tell, the lowest batting average for a player with 100 RBI in a season is .218 by Tony Armas.

We are watching History, people.

You are correct sir. Dave Kingman had 99 with a .204 in 1982.

We are watching History, people.

Not me. I don't watch that channel anymore. I'm not sure how truckers or pawn shop owners are about history.

I'm not sure how truckers or pawn shop owners are about history.

Me neither. Ancient aliens, OTOH...

I'm not sure how truckers or pawn shop owners are about history.

Mission creep is not limited to the military. When was the last time MTV showed any music? 1985?

Now I'm depressed. I used to love the History Channel. Now, they show something related to history maybe two times a year, and it is a big deal when they do.

Look at the bright side. There's still the Discovery Channel. Shark Week. Mythbusters. Yeah.

Everybody used to love the History Channel. Tony Soprano loved the History Channel. How expensive can it truly be to stick a couple of professors in front of a camera and to show screenshots from Total War? Going up to the Arctic Circle and filming a bunch rednecks is cheaper and more profitable? Somethings wrong with this world.