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1. Steve Phillips' Hot Cougar (DrStankus) Posted: September 29, 2009 at 07:13 PM (#3335736)Another one
Not a good idea.
Maybe he's married to Keith Olbermann's mom. Huh? Huh?
edit: Nevermind. I forgot she passed away.
the joke was inevitable, but Knoblauch's throwing problems started around the time of his father's death, when, supposedly, he fell into deep depression. And, of course, depression and anxiety go hand-in-hand, hence, I presume, the Xanax.
Well, at least we now know who you really are.
The hint lies in the word "wife", which indicates a government-defined relationship that has to be ended by a prescribed process.
As opposed to hiring an assassin?
The BTF legal team will arrive soon to clarify, but I always thought that a common-law marriage is just that, a marriage.
Sorry to ruin the fun. Please, resume making light of domestic violence.
b/c after living together for a certain time a marriage takes effect by "common law" as opposed to by ceremony.
It's funny though, whenever "common law wife" appears in a news story, it's never a positive story.
Ha, that's true. Unless the story is about...some sort of legal problem requiring legal terminology...the story would probably just say "girlfriend".
Or if the two are happy together, I'd imagine it would just say "wife."
How long do you have to live with a woman in New York for it to be common-law? I'm just curious if I'm married or not. If I am, I should probably have a party or something.
I don't think your mother counts. Even in New York.
According to the first hit on Google, New York doesn't have common-law marriages. NY does recognize common-law marriages created in other states though.
I wouldn't be surprised if Ryan Jones, retro-shiite, ?Donde esta Dagoberto Campaneris?, and Dock Ellis on Acid agree.
You're probably in the clear:
Infinitely.
Looks like you're in the clear Shooty.
EDIT- This could get expensive.
You should have a party, anyway.
EDIT: Cokes to all of the above.
He should. You can bring the cokes.
You should have a party, anyway.
One could argue the party is even more deserved with this news.
Woo hoo!
Of course the downside is that if I do get married, I'll have to pay for it. I was sorta hoping their was a way out of that. The passive common-law thing is more my style.
edit: Also, that is an impressive amount of Coke swapping!
Even if it's a common law marriage, you'll pay for it.
Move up here. We've got common-law marriage, universal health care, stronger beer, and even a job or too. We even have something that approximates baseball. If you can learn to end every sentence with "eh" you'll fit right in.
I first heard of it when a woman claimed she was the common-law wife of William Hurt when he filmed the Big Chill in South Carolina.
How hard is it to immigrate to Canada? My girl would love to move up there.
It occurs to me that when you move across a state line, nobody asks to see your marriage certificate. "Holding yourselves out" is what constitutes marriage for most practical purposes.
It does mean that Shooty and Shooty+1 must be careful about what they say at parties if they move to Texas.
Even if you don't pay, you'll pay.
Edit: coke to Ryan.
Because it's worth it.
Enjoy that- it's all the lawyer humor I've got.
There can be only one?
Never having had to immigrate to Canada, I have no idea. From what little I do know, if you've got a degree, and you can find an employer, I don't think it would be hard at all.
Finally a use for all my worthless degrees!
You'd have a point if they identified Jose Canseco as "former Yankee".
Don't worry. Your girlfriend will tell you when you're getting married.
As to the common-law thing, there's no advance warning. It's your job to figure out whether or not you're in a place that allows common-law marriage, and whether you satisfy the criteria.
I find this hard to believe. Stronger than the mass-produced American beers, maybe...
That wouldn't bother me. It'd be a nice change from the way they currently identify him as "pathetic joke."
Never having had to immigrate to Canada, I have no idea. From what little I do know, if you've got a degree, and you can find an employer, I don't think it would be hard at all.
It's known as common-law immigration. Three elements must be present to form a common law immigration to Canada.
First, you must have "agreed to be Canadian."
Second, you must have "held yourselves out" as nation and citizen. You must have represented to others that you were Canadian and citizen. As an example of this, you may have introduced you country socially as "my home and native land," or you may have paid for a stranger's hip replacement.
Third, you must have lived in Canada as a citizen.
I was thinking that I should dump her for a few days after a certain number of years to start the clock again before I realized that CT doesn't have it.
Only the basic headlights need to be on, and that's a built in feature on most new cars. The full headlights don't need to be on, except at night or in poor visibility conditions, although almost everyone turns them on all the time out of habit.
It took ten years for Dave Winfield's non-common-law marriage to sort itself out.
That's what I meant. Our base percentage for alcohol content in beer is 5%. In terms of microbrews and smaller labels, I don't know which country produces the more ridiculous concentrations. Unibroue, based out of Quebec, has at least a couple at the 10%+ range, and I've seen a decent selection of other breweries which produce at least one or two items with double-digit percentages, but I know that there are a couple US breweries which like to play in the 15%+ ranges.
Surrendered? So not only is he a wife-beater, he's a quitter, too.
No it wouldn't. He spent three extra years in Minnesota. Additionally, he was a lot better in Minny than New York.
The Texas rules would imply that there is no clock here. To be man and wife here, all you have to do is drive into Texarkana and have an argument in a diner.
Number of fans killed by errant throws to first in Minnesota: 0
Number of fans killed by errant throws to first in New York: 43
Since 43 is a much more impressive number than 0, he should have been elected as a Yankee.
Kansas City is closer than either.
But two years after his death, Kuralt's personal reputation came under scrutiny when a decades-long companionship with a Montana woman named Pat Baker was made public. Kuralt apparently had a second, "shadow" family with Baker while his wife lived in New York City and his daughters from a previous marriage lived on the eastern seaboard. Baker asserted that the house in Montana had been willed to her, a position upheld by the Montana Supreme Court. According to court testimony, Kuralt had met Baker while doing a story on "Pat Baker Park" in Reno, Nevada that Baker had promoted and volunteered to build in 1968. The park was in a low-income area of Reno that had no parks until Baker (née Shannon) promoted her plan. Kuralt mentions Pat Baker and the building of the park — but not the affair — in his autobiography.
Patrice Williams: Clarice, no one wants to have sex with Chuck Knoblauch!
The Metrodome, by a lot. Of course, under that standard, he should have been identified as Former Royal.
If you want to claim him, you can have him. Although he contributed to several championship teams, and was an above-average 2B, Knoblauch was never the player with the Yankees that he had previously been with the Twins.
Also, he seemed borderline wacko, and has since crossed over that border.
Why the crap would he go into the Hall as a Yank?
4 Yank seasons, 7 Twins.
0 Yank awards. 4 all-stars, 3 Silver Sluggers, 1 Gold Glove, 1 Rook of Year and 3 top-20 MVP finishes as Twin.
Lead league in HBP as Yank. Lead league in double and triples as a Twin.
Yank OPS+.. 102, 118, 82, 92.
Twins OPS+.. 91, 108, 90, 117, 136, 143, 109.
Top steals mark as a Yank was 38. He bested that 3 times as a Twin, including a 62 steal season.\
Best single season (by FAR.. 341/448/517 and 45 steals in 701 PA) was as a Twin
Really?
The man was a Twin.
there are places in Texas that are closer to Canada than they are to other places in Texas... you can look it up.
So does the Canadian national healthcare pay for the surgery to add the vestigial tail or do you have to pay yourself? Also, I am surprised there is no hockey aptitude test or maple syrup chugging test, or are those only parts of the formal immigration process?
Shhh. They don't know the tails make them freaks.
A: Marry her.
####### Nanny State.
Maybe that will be his defense: It wasn't me, it was my Twin!
As for headlights, I often drive around with mine on during the day if it is even a little gray. Why not?
I think, more than anything, I hate people who think turning their headlights on in the rain only needs to be done to help THEM see. No a-hole, I need to see you too
I love ya, Erik, but if you were serious here then it's one of the dumbest things I've ever read on this site. You simply have no remotely legitimate case here.
If you were being sarcastic, well, then, I guess you got me.
Incidentally, Houston is quite the place for MLB domestic violence incidents, isn't it? I remember Julio Lugo slamming his wife's head against the hood of a car in the Astrodome parking lot. And then there was the whole thing about Jimmy Wynn getting stabbed by his wife on their 10th wedding anniversary. I never did hear the details on that one but I recall Bill James writing about it.
That's life on the road.
In California, if you turn on your windshield wipers but not your lights, you risk a traffic ticket.
Funny -- Jackson will always be a California Angel to me. My first memory of him dates back to the 1986 ALCS.
I suppose his appearance in that Leslie Nielsen movie also had something to do with it.
Not exactly the same kind of secret family as Kuralt's. But Rice really did lead one of the more interestings lives of any HoFer.
He spent more time as an A, even after you started making Reggie memories.
i'd forgotten about kuralt, but this i've never heard. details?
You're that young Ray? 30-32? Wow! Wouldn't have thunk it.
Are the major Canadian beers any good? I've never had them, but I remember when I was in Europe over the summer I was impressed because a lot of the more popular beers were actually pretty decent - Kronenbourg 1664, Pelforth, Nastro Azzuro, etc. I was disappointed because there's no North American equivalent of a cheap but good beer, except maybe at Trader Joe's, which in New York City is too much of a pain in the ass to shop at because it's so crowded. But maybe I'm wrong, since I haven't tested out Canada's offerings.
Rice's entire family, including parents, sisters, wife and children, were killed in a tornado that hit Illinois and Indiana in 1912 when he was a young man. All through his subsequent major league career, no one had any idea he had had a family that had been wiped out, including his second wife and family. It was only revealed through happenstance.
Much like he was with the famed 1925 World Series catch that sent him into the stands, Sam could keep a secret like no one else. For years folks debated whether he truly caught it, and Sam didn't reveal the answer to until after his death (he wrote in a letter to be opened at his death that he maintained possession the entire time).
They sell well, but I'm not partial to the big two (Molson Canadian, Labatts Blue). Technically, neither of them is actually even Canadian any more - Molson merged/was bought out by Coors, and Labatts was bought years ago by Interbrew (which merged with Anheuser Busch). That's not to say that either beer is terrible, but that they're a lot like the major US brands, in that they're designed for blandness and inoffensiveness - they're forgettable, rather than bad.
In terms of major, but not dominant beers, the ones I like include Ricards Red (owned by Molson), Creemore Springs, Alexander Keats IPA, Sleemans (now owned by Sapporo), and Moosehead (currently the largest Canadian owned brewery). These are all beers that you're likely to be able to find down in the US at most decently stocked stores.
There's a ton of other stuff from smaller breweries (Lists here and here), but I'm reluctant to provide a breakdown, since I doubt you'll be able to find most of them unless you're in Canada. Going quickly through them, the ones I'm more partial to include the Unibroue lineup, Big Rock, Brick, and the Mill Street stuff.
Unibroue products are everywhere, in the mid-Atlantic states at least. Moosehead is common too.
Well, a little older; I just turned 36.
I was going to correct your grammar but then I realized you were talking about soda.
ditto.
OK. 2 years younger than me. I'm surprised you don't remember at least the late days of Reggie as a Yankee. I have very clear memories of 1977 and 1978. I HATED Reggie when he joined the Yankees, b/c of the insult of Munson, who was one of my guys. I used to cover my ears and do the "la-la-la-la I'm not listening" thing when the fans would cheer him at games.
and here in texas, a man is not common law married if he never calls the woman "my wife" or "my spouse" to anyone else and if he denies (to everyone) that they are married
so you CAN live together
there aren't real too many people common law any more. most people figure they aren't gonna stay together for more than a few months-years anyhow so why give the lawyers all that money in divorce court. or course if they have kids the man is gonna spend all his money on a lawyer anyhow if he ever want to see his kid again
men in texas don't realize that if they are not married to they babymama they got ZERO right to see their kids even if they pay support. you have to go to court to get rights
if you guys so worried about ending up "accidentally" married to some woman then go get a lawyer and check it out. or don't live together
Is it just me, or was that first article the lamest "i took ... and blacked out in thailand" story ever?
I'm guessing the dude's mom took the missing xanax in the second one.
From the headlines today:
Pasadena (TX) police say woman fried, ate pet goldfish after fight with common-law husband
Stay classy, Pasadena.
We went the courthouse route, we had invited a few friends to a nice restaurant for lunch after the "ceremony," and told them the news. The judge was plastered at 10:30. Besides the usual vows, he made me promise to beat her only on Saturdays and only then if we weren't expecting company. The scene was right out of a B movie. It's quite likely that the official record was destroyed in a flood a few years later. Absolutely perfect.
Upper Canada Brewing folded? What a shame. Upper Canada Dark Ale was both tasty and strong.
How could the home of Mickey Gilley's not be classy?
It didn't fold. It got bought by Sleemans. It's still available almost anywhere in Ontario.
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