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[ctjayfan]

^^^I was just lookin' for your opinion here.

[baidaho]

Can you identify who said this?

“You want to get that one big hit where you feel like you’re part of the team … not that I don’t feel like I’m part of the team, by no means, but when you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, it’s no better feeling than to have that done.”

[ctjayfan]

Originally Posted by baidaho

Can you identify who said this?

“You want to get that one big hit where you feel like you’re part of the team … not that I don’t feel like I’m part of the team, by no means, but when you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, it’s no better feeling than to have that done.”

I'll say Bucky Dent...October 2, 1978

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by baidaho

Can you identify who said this?

“You want to get that one big hit where you feel like you’re part of the team … not that I don’t feel like I’m part of the team, by no means, but when you get that nice celebration coming into the dugout and you’re getting your ass hammered by guys, it’s no better feeling than to have that done.”

That was either Saint Augustine or Matt Stairs.

Stairs, by the way, was the consensus choice among me, my friend, and the fans sitting around us at the ballpark one day when a discussion developed over which MLB player looked the least like a professional athlete. (This was before Sabathia came into the league. That same game also produced a discussion of which ballplayer had the name which sounded the least like a MLB player..won by Jacob Brumfield.

[perfectstormhits]

Isn't Balfour an eerie name for a reliever?

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by perfectstormhits

Isn't Balfour an eerie name for a reliever?

If you so declare.

[LongtimeBravesFan]

Blue Angels vs. Hell's Angels?

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by LongtimeBravesFan

Blue Angels vs. Hell's Angels?

Both would seem to be adenaline junkies,although different means are pursued to induce this. I've seen the Blue Angels performing numerous times, although never as a consequence of me going to see them. I do not know if it still the case, but when I was a kid they were based at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, across the Bay from Gulf Breeze where we went every summer. They would practice and you could not help but catch the act if you were outdoors.

Later when I was working at the law firm in San Francisco, the Blue Angels started an annual Bay Area show and they would practice over the Bay and city on Friday afternoons. The first time that they did it, it took everyone by surprise and a flustered Mayor Diane Feinstein called the Navy and ordered them to stop because they were scaring people. This was when she learned that a city mayor has no authority over the US Navy. Our offices were on the 23rd floor and afforded a commanding view of the whole show, it was cool. I always appeciated any excuse to goof off.

Hell's Angels are vastly over glorified trailer trash types who turned themselves into supposed coolness by being motorcycle outlaws. The entire concept left me uneasy. I never had anything at all in common with them and never really had any encounters with any of them other than sometimes seeing them blasting their way up 101 on their way to make trouble for somebody. That would not have been a good time for your horn to get stuck.

[LongtimeBravesFan]

Why did they not get rid of Sugar and her immunity idol and why did they let a woman with a high squeaky voice be the caller in the blindfold game?

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by LongtimeBravesFan

Why did they not get rid of Sugar and her immunity idol and why did they let a woman with a high squeaky voice be the caller in the blindfold game?

Had she played the idol, the move would have backfired on that group. I think they also realized that keeping GC around as an ally wasn't worth a damn thing since he was a serious attitude problem. They should have targeted Kelly.

[phenweigh]

George Westinghouse vs Thomas Edison

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by phenweigh

George Westinghouse vs Thomas Edison

While Westinghouse prevailed in the AC/DC wars, you gotta hand it to Tommy for his effort, going so far as to stage the live electrocution of an elephant to demonstrate the superior zap of DC. And he preserved the moment with another of his inventions, the movie camera.

Here it is if you wish to watch...warning to all, I'm not kidding, this is not a fake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr6xBz-h99U

[vtred]

Weekly "what if" fight match-up:

Joe The Plumber vs. Josephine The Plumber?

[ctjayfan]

Josephine The Plumber would plunger him...she's drain all his resources and clean his pipes...

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by vtred

Weekly "what if" fight match-up:

Joe The Plumber vs. Josephine The Plumber?

I'm not certain why, but I have long been offended by this practice of punctuating political points with human anecdotes. There is the aspect of exploitation, as in the politician getting some sap to cooperate with his or her agenda and happily take on the role of symbol. There is the pretend caring, as with when the politician talks about traveling across the great land and meeting Soandso who had lost his job, his health benefits, his family to some calamity, his home to some natural disaster...or whatever. We of course are supposed to assume that had the politician asking for our votes been on the job, none of this would have happened to Soandso, or at least if it had, the politician would have immediately shown up ay Soandso's door, (or the shelter where he is staying) and made everything right with some infusion of public money.

There is also the radiated glory exploitation, like when the president packs the audience for the state of the union address with some hero of this or veteran of that.

Hmmm...I wrote that I wasn't certain as to why...followed by a wordy explanation as to exactly why....I guess I do know why.

Josephine the plumber was one of those characters who exists for the ad hoc purpose of selling you something, like Mr. Whipple, the Tidy Bowl Man, the Lonely Maytag Repairman etc. My all time fave among such creations was The Bayer Man. Anyone recall those commercials, I think they were on in the '70's. It featured a a gathering of people in a classroom sized venue who were there to listen to, and ask questions of, The Bayer Man. By happy coincidence, all questions, all problems for that matter, turned out to be solvable by the ingestion of Bayer aspirin.

What delighted me about those ads was imagining the incidental stuff. Like how they managed to get a turnout for some guy who answered questions about headaches, especially someone whose very name would seem to have revealed his responses in advance. I mean, if you are wondering what is the very best thing to do for a headache, why would you bother getting dressed and traveling to some place to hear in person, the opinion of someone named "The Bayer Man?" You can't figure out what he is going to say?

Or maybe this was a supposed to be some sort of cultural coup, as in "Honey Honey! Guess what? I got us tickets to go see The Bayer Man! Oh, sure, I had to pay a scalper a hefty price, but I got front row seats!"