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Hope Dies (Yet Again)
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Oh fine, I’m a softy. You can all go fuck yourselves.
That was just the booze talking. You know I love you all. Just give me another chance. I swear I can change.
josh wrote:
Don’t tell me what to do
I have joined the twitters.
Rizzo the Rat wrote:
huh? how do you get 2 Ks and 0.1 IP? dropped 3rd strike or something?
Ron Santo induction being streamed:
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=6003532&content_id=23128427
nice, thanks RC.
also, this is great:
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Welcome! And may God have mercy on your soul.
EnricoPallazzo wrote:
Yes.
this is what i tried to post above
http://www.theonion.com/articles/christian-bale-glad-to-be-done-with-most-humiliati,28830/
Mercurial Outfielder wrote:
check out dadboner. he’s the only guy i follow and the sole reason for me getting a twitter account. totally worth it.
Gammons commenting on George Brett’s greatness. Talks about Brett hustling to 1B. /facepalm
I went to an Iowa wedding last night that served Cookies BBQ sauce.
belbivdevaux called up
@ Gbts46:
I assume from the fact you are alive and well that you consumed none of it.
Bud Selig looks rough.
Can you imagine Ron Santo giving a HoF speech today after the inning St.Louis had last night. I bet his toupee would have been on fire just from the steam!
/at least it wasn’t the Mets
@ uncle dave:
He’s a fucking slob. Unreal that a guy in his position can’t be bothered to look like a fucking professional.
Awesome job by Vicki.
uncle dave wrote:
Have fun with that visual.
@ Gbts46:
Sounds like they served some delicious food.
Dempster’s scoreless streak may be over, but the Cubs are working on one of their own.
@ bubblesdachimp:
did they post a vid of her speech somewhere? i looked on mlb.com but didn’t see anything. tried to watch the live stream but it was really fucking boring.
@ EnricoPallazzo:
I’m guessing they need some time to splice it so I’d check Cubs.com in about two hours. They do have Pat Hughes and Billy Williams interviews already up.
@ mb21:
They’re obviously hoping to give up 10 runs in honor of Santo.
Hmmm, did Smart Guy and Beer Guy switch dialogue bubbles in the last panel?
@ EnricoPallazzo:
It’s going to be part of the post-game coverage on WGN radio, so I doubt it goes up anywhere before then.
Here’s Vicki’s speech to honor Ron:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23249381&c_id=mlb
@ Rice Cube:
Shut me right up.
@ Rice Cube:
I’d embed that on the home page, but they don’t allow it. (dying laughing)
@ mb21:
MLB doesn’t want their consumers to consume their product.
@ mb21:
Maybe wait a few hours and then that might be embeddable, I don’t know if there’s a rhyme or reason for how long a video stays un-embeddable though.
@ Rice Cube:
Usually it’s quite awhile. Maybe the Tribune or Sun-Times will have a video posted.
Chapman: 45.2 IP, 86 SO. That’s 16.9 per 27 outs.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/19621447/big-ten-shoots-down-report-of-delanys-expanding-power-over-hiring-firing-coaches
Iowa President Sally Mason: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/19633881/iowa-president-big-ten-has-jurisdiction-to-punish-penn-state-too
I guess I missed the game…
@ josh:
So did the Cubs.
I was watching Breaking Bad, so…. totally worth it.
@ josh:
Yeah, BITCH! (dying laughing)
@ mb21:
Yeah, the episode where Gus kills all the cartel guys. Bad ass.
http://deadspin.com/5928035/report-ncaa-to-hit-penn-state-with-unprecedented-penalties
john lester today: 94 PC, 4 INN, 9 HA, 5 BBI, 2 K, 11 ER
jair jurrjens: 49 PC, 2.1 INN, 9 HA, 6 ER
(dying laughing)
https://twitter.com/tribeinsider/status/227111338823020545/photo/1/large
Is Philip Humber having the worst season ever that includes a perfect game?
@ Rizzo the Rat:
A friend of mine ran the numbers and he says Humber is the worst pitcher to ever have thrown a perfect game.
Congratulations, MO:
http://mobile.oregonlive.com/advorg/pm_32330/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=7U3XjHAx
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Was that your Persian friend, Dr. Noshit Shirloq?
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
He was pretty good last year. This year, he’s been terrible.
GBTS wrote:
Have F7 and the other Cubs starters been riding Selig too?
/hackedvisual
So if we assume for a moment that the Big Ten kicks out Penn State, then who becomes their 12th member?
Notre Dame?
Steal PItt or Syracuse from ACC?
Or someone else?
And since it seems like PSU might still be able to field a low-level football team w/o scholarships, etc. where do they go? Independent b/c no conference wants them? Big East (=no conference) MAC–they rehabbed Marshall…..
Pretty good speech by Vicki Santo. I didn’t listen to 30-some minutes of Barry Larkin.
@ Rice Cube:
Aw damn it!!
@ josh:
Fixed. I know it’s not that important, but I felt stupid. I’m the worst, Jerry.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
What’s your twitter…ness…thing?
@ josh:
’tis okay, I just figured you were tired and drunk.
@ josh:
It’s the one that says “Bad Motherfucker” on it!
(read: @MOutfielder)
@ GBTS:
I worked long and hard on this protest, and I was really happy with the way things came out in the end. It was a lengthy process but I’m glad the judge was able to see the rigidity and width of my case.
Via Lookout Landing:
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Hey, I did that last Friday in softball!
keithlaw ‏@keithlaw
Soler just completely unloaded on one – two run HR to deep left center
keithlaw ‏@keithlaw
Tanner Rahier had to be helped off the field after he took a ball to the head off Soler’s bat
Thirdbasemen
@ SVB:
I doubt they would add a 12th team right away. They’d probably just go back to 11.
I”m really hoping the B10 takes a vote on this one. Sure sounds like Sally Mason at Iowa would have no problem voting to kick them out. Good for her. As far as I know she’s the first one to mention the B10 punishing PSU further.
I don’t think any conference would touch PSU. Assuming the NCAA hits them by banning them from television for several years (and bowl games), loss of 20 or 30 scholarships and possibly having revenue from football given to charity or the victims, nobody is going to touch them.
The advantage of having PSU in a conference is the money they’d generate, but that’s not going to happen for awhile. No TV, no bowl, money will be taken from the football program, not enough scholarships, etc. They may not get the death penalty, but I think they’ll essentially get the same thing and if the B10 boots them, it’s the same as a death penalty.
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
Who is that?
I searched for Mercurial Outfielder before and Twitter gave me nothing. Weird. I found it now.
@ Rice Cube:
IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY!!
I just watched the new season episode 1 of Breaking Bad. I’m actually almost caught up!
@ josh:
Chris Capuano
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=23248257&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_23248257&v=3
@ josh:
Did the Hope Monster show up?
@ mb21:
But 11 = no conf championship game.
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17736
I’ll be in Chicago next month and plan to go to a Cubs game on August 15th. Seeing as it is a Wednesday day game against the Astros, what would be the best way to get tickets to avoid paying lots of money. Stubhub now? Stubhub the day before the game? Scalpers on the street? I suppose I’ll be looking at grandstand seats — I’ll probably need to buy at least four tickets.
Also: I realize the fact that I barely post here anymore makes this even creepier, but if any of the Chicago-based OV regulars would like to get together for a brief OV-CON I would gladly buy you a beer and talk Cubs with you.
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Soler’s homer which batted in a Vogelbach run. Based on the crowd this appears to be a practice game (dying laughing)
@ Mercurial Outfielder:
I resemble that remark.
he has some power
@ bubblesdachimp:
Yeah, he has the looks of a baseball player too. Doesn’t really look like a “kid” out there.
@ Suburban kid:
You can probably get them directly from cubs.com. Maybe Stubhub is cheaper than face value this year, though. In the past, the prices were higher than face, usually.
penn state is fucked
@ bubblesdachimp:
Wow they took away all wins since 1998, no postseason for 4 years, $60M fine, and took away 10 scholarships.
If you’re a student athlete (or any student really) I couldn’t even imagine attending the college if I had any alternate choice.
@ WaLi:
Make no mistake this is the death penalty. Death by 1,000 cuts
Only 10 scholarships? Fuck that.
@ bubblesdachimp:
No it’s not. They had to hit them with a tv ban in order for it to essentially be a death penalty.
@ Berselius:
20 scholarships annually for 4 seasons, which means the football team can only have 65 on scholarship.
@ Suburban kid:
Stubhub. Most games have been cheaper than face on there, and against the Astros, they definitely will be. I’m not sure if it’s best to get them now or closer to the game. My gut says wait for people to get desperate to sell. I could be up for a mini-OV CON. Let me know where/when.
BTW, I can’t unsee this, so I’m going to share my horror. Courtesy of one of my FB friends:
@ Aisle424:
@ mb21:
They will never be competitive again. This is harsh shit. Also big ten still announcing sanctions so hopefully the tv is happening
@ josh:
@ Aisle424:
Yeah, Stubhub is cheaper than face value and I probably won’t rely on scalpers since we’ll need several seats together. I’ll keep a watch on it.
If you’re at the game that day we can have the OV CON in the men’s room under the bleachers, if not, I’ll be around all that week.
new shit up
new shit by dj: http://www.obstructedview.net/news-and-rumors/the-children-are-the-future-cubs-minor-league-update-sponsored-by-stats-inc.html
@ Aisle424:
The crazy thing is, I can’t even look at the ones that haven’t been colored in Simpsons colors and not see what you pointed out. Bastard.