Even here in Atlanta, not only do we get all of the above plus more (real regional chinese, indonesian, persian, turkish, and more), but they are so ingrained in the local palate there is actual snobbery over places that are deemed more authentic than others.

I think he lives in his own world.

And I'm still curious as to what "real" food is.

So I guess the consensus can be summed up as "cardsfanboy is a dope?"

Or at least very, very isolated.

Still, his career numbers are eerily like those of Elvis Grbac.

Sure if be "eerily like" you mean it the same way when geneticists say a chimp's genome is "eerily like" that of a human.

Elvis top 4 years by passing yards:
4169
3389
3033
1943

Eli:
4933
4021
4002
3762

Elvis TD/INT: 99/81
Eli: 185/129

Eli's similar players through year 6: Mark Brunell, John Elway*, Tom Brady, Jim Everett, Ken O'Brien, Doug Williams, Troy Aikman*, Jim Plunkett, Steve McNair, Bob Griese* (I don't see Elvis on that list)

I spent a week on vacation in Winnipeg in the mid 1990s. My wife liked it more than me since she's been disgusted with the pace of DC life. I can't say a bad thing about the place and don't understand where the hate is coming from. Granted, I wouldn't want to spend the winter there.

We sat next to a friendly couple at the Goldeyes game who sounded like they came out of a Great White North sketch. Since it was the last game of the season the giveaway was a grab bag of leftovers from previous giveaways, which included beachballs. This was at Winnipeg Stadium so the owner (and future mayor) sat in the stands, not in a luxury suite, getting hit with bouncing beachballs just like everyone else.

I spent a week on vacation in Winnipeg

My condolences.

I kid!
To explain my particular Winnipeg hate...
It's a mix of
A) someone's gotta be the butt of the joke
B) living in Regina I picked up a lot of the Labour Day football rivalry (the Banjo Bowl) between the Rough Riders and the Blue Bombers...and just generally the rivalry between Saskatchewan and Manitoba over who gets to be the 9th coolest province in the dominion.
C) I have a very close friend who had an awful, awful time in Winnipeg for a couple years (this really has nohing to do with Winnipeg in particular, it could have happened in any city...but it happened in Winnipeg so the association is there)
D) somewhat related to C, I've spent some shitty weekends in Winnipeg.
E) Winnipeg does have the unfortunate mix of mosquitos in the summer and cold, windy winters which makes for a worst of both worlds kind of thing.

Question for regular mainland readers/posters: Is the above post representative of cardsfanboy's typical work? Or is he having a bad (or good) day?

You answers will help determine whether my Ignore list grows by one more name.

I live in the middle of nowhere Indiana and there are probably 10 sushi and a dozen Indian places within a 10 mile radius.

#58, I can't offhandedly recall anything negative from cardsfanboy in the past.

Oh, and New York will kick any other city's buttocks.

Question for regular mainland readers/posters: Is the above post representative of cardsfanboy's typical work? Or is he having a bad (or good) day?

My vote is for bad day.

That said, in all the Manning hulabaloo I'm suprised nobody picked up on this:

their two football teams, neither of which is worth a crap

The Giants have been .500 or better the last seven years, making the playoffs in five of those years (including one of the most impressive playoff runs in the history of football).

The Jets, before this year's awful, disastrous, embarassing .500 season, made the AFC championship game the previous two years.

Neither team is of course on the level of Green Bay or New England, but the idea that unless you're the best of the best you're not worth a crap sounds like something a stereotypical New Yorker might say.

E) Winnipeg does have the unfortunate mix of mosquitos in the summer and cold, windy winters which makes for a worst of both worlds kind of thing.

So, it's Chicago, then.

Is the above post representative of cardsfanboy's typical work? Or is he having a bad (or good) day?

Not representative at all, but I can think of at least one thing in the past that I found pretty ridiculous (and, in that case, even offensive IMO).

I would definitely not put him on ignore; I find a lot of his baseball-related stuff worth reading (whether I agree with it or not).

Is the above post representative of cardsfanboy's typical work?

Yes. See my #40.

unless you're the best of the best you're not worth a crap sounds like something a stereotypical New Yorker might say.

Or a Rams fan. They been either great or piss poor since they've been in STL.

Cardsfanboy has said bewildering things about food before. IIRC he previously said something like
"restaurants are only for weird food that you can't cook at home, and nobody even likes
restaurants anyway." He also said something about "real food" then, which I believe he defined as
American stuff that you can easily prepare at home, like steak and baked potatoes.

I suppose it's fine not to like sushi or Indian food, but his idea that these things are unavailable
and uninteresting to all but a sliver of coastal elite is very wrong. And the idea that Hollywood is
promoting these views despite the manifest lack of interest on the part of real Americans is insane.

But he sometimes says reasonable things about baseball, so I wouldn't ignore him.

Also, sushi and Indian food are both ####### delicious, and I have had both delivered to my apartment
in San Francisco. Not sure where SF stands in cardsfanboy's fantasy about east-coast-upper-hollywood-
New-Yorker-wannabes.

Cardsfanboy has said bewildering things about food before. IIRC he previously said something like "restaurants are only for weird food that you can't cook at home, and nobody even likes restaurants anyway." He also said something about "real food" then, which I believe he defined as American stuff that you can easily prepare at home, like steak and baked potatoes.

I have a co-worker who's tastes run to "American food only". And by that I mean steak/potatoes, pizza, sandwiches, etc.

Pizza! Entirely American! Hahaha. (Not criticizing you, but your co-worker.)

No interest in sushi, but if I wanted to I could find probably 10-20 places where it's available here in the morass of mediocrity that is Montgomery. We've also got two Indian restaurants. The same was true of profoundly non-exotic Little Rock ... though there might've only been one Indian place when I lived there.

I assume cardsfanboy is (a) institutionalized (& for good reason, no doubt, judging from his posts in general when he's not confining his comments to baseball) (b) in a very remote location. Like, very remote. I mean, I grew up in a semirural hamlet so small that it doesn't have a single traffic light, but even 30-plus years ago residents who wanted Chinese food were only 20 minutes away from a restaurant serving it.

Pizza! Entirely American!

Ever wonder why the American food scene has no German restaurants or notion of German cuisine, aside from the occasional bierhaus? Answer: well, what do you think hamburgers and frankfurters are? German food just became American food.

I agree. And French Fries are Belgian.

Answer: well, what do you think hamburgers and frankfurters are?

Not to mention delicious cologne, and the very act of munchen on grub!

Ever wonder why the American food scene has no German restaurants or notion of German cuisine, aside from the occasional bierhaus? Answer: well, what do you think hamburgers and frankfurters are? German food just became American food.

Huh? I know of several German restaurants near me and none of them serve hamburgers or hot dogs.

Pizza! Entirely American!

Tomatoes are from the New World after all.

I assume cardsfanboy is (a) institutionalized (& for good reason, no doubt, judging from his posts in general when he's not confining his comments to baseball) (b) in a very remote location. Like, very remote.

Pretty sure he's in St. Louis, which, all jokes aside, is not exactly bereft of ethnic food choices. He just apparently chooses not to avail himself of them, or to hang out with anyone who does. No accounting for taste, I guess.

Darn. I was envisioning a life story straight from Sling Blade.

Pretty sure he's in St. Louis, which, all jokes aside, is not exactly bereft of ethnic food choices. He just apparently chooses not to avail himself of them, or to hang out with anyone who does. No accounting for taste, I guess.

It's one thing to not avail oneself, but how can you be an adult and not be aware that some of these places do deliver in non-New-York locations? Seriously, read his post: he called that "unrealistic."

Hmmm, how to pick an example of how NYC is over-represented in the media....I'll go with nobody actually eats ethnic food. check.

Okay, on to an example of how California is over-represented in movies. Tough one... oh, got it! Cars! The movies make it seem like people everywhere actually drive cars to get places. Bogus.

I am cliche-buster.

It's one thing to not avail oneself, but how can you be an adult and not be aware that some of these places do deliver in non-New-York locations?

Maybe he lives in North St. Louis?

I would like to dispute #40.

And the Chicken himself isn't exactly a joy a minute to read himself.

Huh? I know of several German restaurants near me and none of them serve hamburgers or hot dogs.

Just another upper hollywood NYC wannabe I see.

Maybe he lives in North St. Louis?

Ha. I went to undergrad there (St. Louis, not North St. Louis) and later on when I was in grad school in Austin there was a guy in my program who when I met him said he was from St. Louis. I figured great, we probably know a lot of the same places, but it turned out he was from some outer suburb and never -- I mean almost literally never -- had gone into the city. Had zero interest in it or what it had to offer, just lived his whole life in the upscale, white-bread outer burbs. Blew my mind, but I've since met a few other people from other places who were that way. CFB is probably one of them.

Strangely enough, this article is about Michael Kay, a New Yorker through and through, and he is known for only eating Italian and "real food"...

You mean ironically enough?

Trying new foods is such a significant joy in my life that I honestly feel sad or angry whenever I meet or learn about incurious eaters. Sticking to "real food" makes about as much sense to me as swearing off laughing or fun does.

Agreed! I had BBQ'd tarantula in Cambodia. And I'm (generally) a pescetarian but when-in-Rome about it.

I have a co-worker who's tastes run to "American food only". And by that I mean steak/potatoes, pizza, sandwiches, etc.

My joke to my friends is there are 5 food groups, Moo, Oink, Cluck, Corn and Potatoes.

As to Chinese food, yes I live a block away from a store that delivers,(mind you we got 5 blocks to the store that doesn't deliver because it's a better store) so it was an over the top comment, just pointing out that I find it somewhat weird that on tv Chinese is the most delivered food(not a New York knock, but you see it on so many shows centered in New York) St Louis has tons of different restaurants, but the main roads I travel on, consists mostly of fast food, Italian, Steak houses, and barely food places(like Dennys or Waffle House) I can find at least 3 Greek restaurants and 4 Bosnian restaurants for every Indian place in the city, it's just not something I've seen in my life for the most part. (Only Indian food I've eaten I made myself, not sure how authentic that would be, but just following recipes) And of course tv shows also seem to love sushi(which I actually associate with California of course and not New York) which is weird also to me, because once again when talk turns to food sushi is pretty much openly disdained with the people I know. (some exceptions exist of course, I know of at least one family that swears by the greatness that is sushi from the right restaurant)

Of course I live in St Louis and our most popular pizza(Imo's), is basically a slab of cardboard covered with inedible cheese. (they do have very good toppings though)


I'll still stand by my Eli comment, he's Jack Morris.

Had zero interest in it or what it had to offer, just lived his whole life in the upscale, white-bread outer burbs. Blew my mind, but I've since met a few other people from other places who were that way. CFB is probably one of them.

For the most part, don't travel much through the city, have lived in 6 different suburbs of St Louis(not to mention Tennessee, Oklahoma, California, Korea and Okinawa) St Louis just doesn't have the population density to have a truly large amount of specialty restaurants. I mean I love Yakitori (tare style, not shio style) and have looked for Japanese restaurants, and was shocked at how few we have and how far they are spread out, and really upset that they all serve the version of Yakitori that I don't care for.

Bosnian? Bosnian restaurants are more common than Indian in your parallel dimension??

And 58, cfb has a bunch of PWI priors on his record.

EDIT: and also, just to make sure I'm getting this right... you lived in Okinawa and you don't know anybody who has ever eaten sushi? Ok then.

Ah, so you (cfb, not bepob) lied unregenerately on just about every point.

Got it.

Bosnian? Bosnian restaurants are more common than Indian in your parallel dimension??

In St Louis? Yes(Bosnian/Serbian). St Louis has the largest amount of Bosnian immigrants in the country.

you lived in Okinawa and you don't know anybody who has ever eaten sushi? Ok then.

Marine, stationed on base, you got off base to go scuba, drinking and whoring for the most part. The restaurants we hit didn't seem to have a sushi bar like they show on tv, they did have Yakitori(which I loved)

Ah, so you (cfb, not bepob) lied unregenerately on just about every point.

Got it.

I would say overstated/exagerrated for effect.

cfb should get a one month ban for outrageous exaggerating.

I would say overstated/exagerrated for effect.

I'm sure you would, but I have to go with gef's interpretation.

Question for regular mainland readers/posters: Is the above post representative of cardsfanboy's typical work? Or is he having a bad (or good) day?

You answers will help determine whether my Ignore list grows by one more name.

He says some really crazy #### sometimes, especially when it comes to the Cardinals, but it's pretty harmless.

Don't put him on ignore.

I would say overstated/exagerrated for effect.

You purposely exaggerated for the effect of looking like you have no life?

Jesus christ, I think all of you should calm the #### down.

Jesus christ, I think all of you should calm the #### down.

That's it, Lassus! You're on ignore!

Optimism day!

68 wins - I win, 67 wins - I lose, Sam.

71 wins - I win, 70 wins - I lose, something other.

No more than a $25 bbref each. Are one or both of you in?


(I know I have a standing Ollie Pete bet. No one has come to collect!)

Missed this, Lassus--sorry about that. I won't, only because I don't want to be rooting in any sense at all for the Mets not to win a game. I'm all for gambling, even irresponsible gambling (well, in other people) though, so if we can come up with another bet... I'd take the over on something like number of wins for Dickey.

So, what was your Ollie Pete bet? And didn't you have a bet on Maine from 2010?

Well, same reaction to Sam's response (which was the same), I guess it wasn't totally a fair request.

My Ollie Perez bet was that he'd have a better career over the minimum numbers of consecutive years as Derek Lowe. Lowe really gave it a fight, but he was out of his class for useless. I think it was with Dial and someone else as well?

I have no recollection of a Maine bet, but anything's possible. 2010 was the year I was working graveyard, who knows what I agreed to?