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datsveryinterestin

Professional
All adidas barricade final!! Take that sup!

My furnace has been runnin nonstop foe days.... Will not be able to pay this gas bill!
I think i hear scotty saying, "captain i dont think she can take much more!"
Me, "warp factor 10 heat! "
Poor furnace is 20+ years old

P.s. - please show interest in my ig speed classified! Hint hint
 
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Xisbum

Semi-Pro
HW: who do you think had this season in Major League Baseball? .376 BA, 39 HR, 131 RBI, 135 runs, 230 hits, 46 doubles, 18 triples, 429 total bases, .702 slugging percentage, .450 OBP, 34 SOs in 611 ABs, NL MVP?
 

hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
Thats not a stat line like we would see today. The combo of average, and power, with so little Ks would make me belive it would be back in the 50s or earlier before they raised they mound.

If you hadnt thrown the NL MVP kicker in there I would have guessed it to be Ted Williams line, but thats alot triples Fenways short porch. Even given that I would have guessed Ted anyway.


I know Musial was pretty much the Ted Williams of the National league though. Had he not recently dies I would have probably never thought of them though (probably like most people). I think the Cards stadium at the time has pretty big like 350 plus down the lines. making the triples a little easier to manage.

I would have guessed Willie Mays but I dont think he ever hit for that high of an average.

Thats has to pretty much be Musial I think of anyone else.
 

TheJRK

Rookie
So they started parking a Red, Hot & Blue food truck outside my building. $6 gets you a pulled <insert meat here> sandwich, potato salad or cole slaw, and drink.

I want to open my own food truck. Enough of this National Security ****. I want to make a food truck that serves a combination of Filipino food, ice cream, Cinnabons, and beer.
 

JRstriker12

Hall of Fame
So they started parking a Red, Hot & Blue food truck outside my building. $6 gets you a pulled <insert meat here> sandwich, potato salad or cole slaw, and drink.

I want to open my own food truck. Enough of this National Security ****. I want to make a food truck that serves a combination of Filipino food, ice cream, Cinnabons, and beer.

You would need to put that thing on a semi truck. LOL!

I think everyone has though about a food truck at some point. I think Questlove, the drummer for the roots, even has a food truck. I wonder how quickly that grind gets old?
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
Thats not a stat line like we would see today. The combo of average, and power, with so little Ks would make me belive it would be back in the 50s or earlier before they raised they mound.

If you hadnt thrown the NL MVP kicker in there I would have guessed it to be Ted Williams line, but thats alot triples Fenways short porch. Even given that I would have guessed Ted anyway.


I know Musial was pretty much the Ted Williams of the National league though. Had he not recently dies I would have probably never thought of them though (probably like most people). I think the Cards stadium at the time has pretty big like 350 plus down the lines. making the triples a little easier to manage.

I would have guessed Willie Mays but I dont think he ever hit for that high of an average.

Thats has to pretty much be Musial I think of anyone else.

Bingo. You know your baseball.

Stan the Man it was, in 1948. Cards didn't even go to the Series that year (Bob Feller's Cleveland Indians vs. the Boston Braves, "Spahn and Sain, pray for rain"). From his first full year in the league (1942), Stan had 16 straight .300 seasons, and never hit less than .330 between 1948-54. In 1962, at 41, he hit .330. And old Sportsman's Park, where my dad took me to watch Cardinals' games, was one of those old timey big, big ball parks - 351' to LF, 422' to CF, 354' to right-center, but just 310' down the LF line. Browns played there til 1953, when they moved to, ta da, Baltimore and became the Orioles. Life magazine annointed Stan the Man the best player in MLB between 1946-55. He was, literally, The Man.
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
Now its my turn.

.368 AVG, 39HR, 116 RBIs, 104 Runs, 147 Hits, 32 2B, 2 3B, 300 TB, .750 SLG, .451 OBP, 65 K's, 400 AB, NL MVP.

I could cheat and google this, but that wouldn't be cricket. Knowing your proclivities and recalling our frequent baseball-centric conversations, I would guess either Bags or Bonds. And since there are only 2 triples in this season and Bonds in his younger days could run like hell, I would guess Bags.

Ain't baseball fun? Pitchers and catchers are not far away, my friend. :)
 

mikeler

Moderator
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datsveryinterestin

Professional
already sold one auz! not a bad frame but not quite right. if i could combine the specs of the speed and the blxpro i would have the goat!

99" headsize, 22mm beam, 17x19 string pattern, 11.4oz, 64flex, 5pts HL, 314SW


Tecnifibre 315 LTD looks close.... if Wilson Blade was not 330sw it would be close, ig radical mp, Graphene Speed Pro closest. DEMO TIME!
 
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datsveryinterestin

Professional
jrk, how about we move to indian reservation and open overnight loan company that can charge 300% interest and 50% of loan in up front fees!
$ $ $
check out the western sky financial commercials on tennischannel!
they don't have to abide by us limits on interest charged so any sucker needing cash fast is skrewed.

gotta look up my indian name on interwebz now:
Chief Fighting Short Rainbow ?
Chief Panther passing Across?
 

hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
I could cheat and google this, but that wouldn't be cricket. Knowing your proclivities and recalling our frequent baseball-centric conversations, I would guess either Bags or Bonds. And since there are only 2 triples in this season and Bonds in his younger days could run like hell, I would guess Bags.

Ain't baseball fun? Pitchers and catchers are not far away, my friend. :)

Bags it is, but oddly enough Bonds only had 1 triple in 94 the infamous Strike year. He put up those numbers with 50 games left to play.

He was averaging more than an RBI a game, so 180 RBIs may have been in reach. as well as 55 bombs.



I was going to put up George Bretts 1980 season stats next. Then I got to reading about the year and they had players born that year. noticed Mark Tiexera was born on the same day to the year as me. Now Im upset becuase that guy was a total bumb and just seems like a huge A-Hole.
 

hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
Your Native American Name is

Chebona-Bula, meaning laughing boy

For my real name

and for Hollywood 9826

Your Native American Name is

Machakw, meaning horny toad
 
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hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
jrk, how about we move to indian reservation and open overnight loan company that can charge 300% interest and 50% of loan in up front fees!
$ $ $
check out the western sky financial commercials on tennischannel!
they don't have to abide by us limits on interest charged so any sucker needing cash fast is skrewed.

gotta look up my indian name on interwebz now:
Chief Fighting Short Rainbow ?
Chief Panther passing Across?

I went with first name of Dats last name of veryinteresting

Your Native American Name is

Abornazine, meaning keeper of the flame
 

Angle Queen

Professional
I could cheat and google this, but that wouldn't be cricket. Knowing your proclivities and recalling our frequent baseball-centric conversations, I would guess either Bags or Bonds. And since there are only 2 triples in this season and Bonds in his younger days could run like hell, I would guess Bags.

Ain't baseball fun? Pitchers and catchers are not far away, my friend. :)
Damn, you boys are fun. I knew X's (only 'cause I'd gone looking at his sad passing last week)...and was with him on his assessment of HW's return. But I googled both to confirm.

Pitchers & Catchers: mid-Feb. What a Valentine's Day present!

Side note: if you get SI, there's a full-page ad from the Bud folks that brought me to tears: Big '6' on fabric background with the title "The E.R.A. in Heaven is about to go way up." No other adverts on their part other than the logo and a "Thanks for the Great Times". In an issue with with sports "hoaxes" (Te'o & Lance), they still devoted 3+ pages to "The Man" (with another 2-column short on Weaver and described him as the Mozart of managerial ejections...LOL).

Damn, I miss The Game. I just lost it all with the 'roid rage. I'd much rather have sat through an "almost" no-no...then seen so many balls jacked outa the park.

Two Damns in one post. I'm certainly waxing sentimental.
 

Sup2Dresq

Hall of Fame
Hw!

Diggin the Native American Indian tribe names:

My take:

Hollywood: black bear that runs along dike
Downs: wolf in fox skin
Zapvor: squirrel with many nut loves
Xisbum: white snow under color sunset
Topaz: owl screech of the tiebreak
Sappy: round hut with pork smell
Jrk: cousin of Sasquatch with jerk breath
Dats: Indian with many arrows and no bow.
Aussie: walk with wet feet in puddle
Tennismonkey: Indian of many children and seldom appearance.
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
Your Native American Name is

Chebona-Bula, meaning laughing boy

For my real name

and for Hollywood 9826

Your Native American Name is

Machakw, meaning horny toad

Hw!

Diggin the Native American Indian tribe names:

My take:

Hollywood: black bear that runs along dike
Downs: wolf in fox skin
Zapvor: squirrel with many nut loves
Xisbum: white snow under color sunset
Topaz: owl screech of the tiebreak
Sappy: round hut with pork smell
Jrk: cousin of Sasquatch with jerk breath
Dats: Indian with many arrows and no bow.
Aussie: walk with wet feet in puddle
Tennismonkey: Indian of many children and seldom appearance.

HA. Checked out Xis Bum and came up with Apenimon Nahiossi (Trustworthy One with Three Fingers); I presume that refers to Jack Daniels since I don't drink scotch. A little rye on occasion, but never scotch.

Checked out my real name and got Langundo Kajika (Peaceful One Who Walks Without Sound). Y'all tell me which one fits.

Kinda partial to Nuwanda from Dead Poets myself.

Pitchers & Catchers: mid-Feb. What a Valentine's Day present!

Side note: if you get SI, there's a full-page ad from the Bud folks that brought me to tears: Big '6' on fabric background with the title "The E.R.A. in Heaven is about to go way up." No other adverts on their part other than the logo and a "Thanks for the Great Times". In an issue with with sports "hoaxes" (Te'o & Lance), they still devoted 3+ pages to "The Man" (with another 2-column short on Weaver and described him as the Mozart of managerial ejections...LOL).

Damn, I miss The Game. I just lost it all with the 'roid rage. I'd much rather have sat through an "almost" no-no...then seen so many balls jacked outa the park.

Saw that SI, and the tributes to Earl and Stan are classy and wonderful, as is the Budweiser ad. I still won't drink their beer, but I will toast the gesture with a Guinness or Sam Adams.

And a tip of the old tam o'shanter to you, Ms. Queen. Not too often do we guys find a woman who appreciates and understands what some of us still consider the National Pasttime. You rock, sister.
 

Topaz

Legend
Topaz =

Kokyangwuti, meaning spider woman at middle age

Hahaha!

The snow is so terrible they even sent us home early...from the hospital!
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
How much snow you guys supposed to get? Just cold and dreary here; settling in to watch one of my all time fave movies - The President's Analyst. Movie is older than most of you guys. LOL
 

datsveryinterestin

Professional
buying before demo makes this kemosabe a very poor indian.

but 65 bucks for a Wilson 2012 Pro Tour BLX seems like good deal in the middle of the west. and a thinner, heavier, denser, blxpro to boot! but since these racquets were never distributed to other shops, me thinks they are unsold KPRO Tours repainted.
dunno... got 2 in the cart right now. but not pulling the trigger.

guess i don't need em... sigh
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
^^^Buy 'em, if your budget will allow. Impulse buys are the best.

Movie finishing up - with a snow storm in Washington. Imagine that. Fla looks pretty good, eh?
 

zapvor

G.O.A.T.
zap -- grats on working your mojo with tennis girl. but i can't help but think your mojo is slow acting. i think you mentioned this girl around thanksgiving time ish?

nitefly does have a sweet crib with a massive man cave in the basement.

thanks for bringing that up monkey.......thanks........yea........
 

zapvor

G.O.A.T.
buying before demo makes this kemosabe a very poor indian.

but 65 bucks for a Wilson 2012 Pro Tour BLX seems like good deal in the middle of the west. and a thinner, heavier, denser, blxpro to boot! but since these racquets were never distributed to other shops, me thinks they are unsold KPRO Tours repainted.
dunno... got 2 in the cart right now. but not pulling the trigger.

guess i don't need em... sigh

YOU ALWAYS NEED MORE RACKETS
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone. :-(
 

zapvor

G.O.A.T.
^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone. :-(

xis! i just got the G4s too! same color! i actually like the black and green. its my first asics and i am happy so far
 

Angle Queen

Professional
Not too often do we guys find a woman who appreciates and understands what some of us still consider the National Pasttime.
Thanks, X. Coming from you that's a true compliment. I'll tip up a shot of Maker's.

But it's genetic. My dad listened many a times on a small transistor radio to the Yankees games (because the NYC signal made it down this far)...and Richmond even had a Yankees farm club for many years...before pulling out (almost in the middle of the night) and leaving the city without a team for a year. Braves swooped in and stayed til 2008...when they left the city...without a team for another year. Dad took me as an infant to games and we watched them every Saturday afternoon on TV together (along with the tennis matches that the major networks used to air LOL). I've been to Spring Training 3 times and had R-Braves season tickets for 20 years. I kept The Book for my HS baseball team and had to overhear our coach get yelled at by opposing coaches, umpires and parents about it but he was adamant that I knew my stuff. And back in the day before spreadsheets (much less having 'an app for that') I had the stats posted by their locker room before the next day's practice. To this day, when I need a 3-digit code, I'll pick 3-6-1 because it's my fav DP to watch.

But I haven't watched any MLB in probably 5 years...much less an entire 9-inning affair in probably 10. To keep the Addiction alive, I'll trek on down to the local American Legion games or a HS contest. Have also enjoyed a college game or two here and there...but I intensely dislike the tink of aluminum bats....and so it's a bittersweet fix. Not sure what I would have done if I'd had a son. That wanted to play.
 
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auzzieizm

Semi-Pro
^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone. :-(
I'm really happy with them! I got the blue ones. I always put inserts into my shoes though, so maybe there's a difference.
buying before demo makes this kemosabe a very poor indian.

but 65 bucks for a Wilson 2012 Pro Tour BLX seems like good deal in the middle of the west. and a thinner, heavier, denser, blxpro to boot! but since these racquets were never distributed to other shops, me thinks they are unsold KPRO Tours repainted.
dunno... got 2 in the cart right now. but not pulling the trigger.

guess i don't need em... sigh
ehh, i think those frames have an even tighter string pattern than the Speeds. Apparently the spacing is really close together for the strings.
 

Xisbum

Semi-Pro
Thanks, X. Coming from you that's a true compliment. I'll tip up a shot of Maker's.

But it's genetic. My dad listened many a times on a small transistor radio to the Yankees games (because the NYC signal made it down this far)...and Richmond even had a Yankees farm club for many years...before pulling out (almost in the middle of the night) and leaving the city without a team for a year. Braves swooped in and stayed til 2008...when they left the city...without a team for another year. Dad took me as an infant to games and we watched them every Saturday afternoon on TV together (along with the tennis matches that the major networks used to air LOL). I've been to Spring Training 3 times and had R-Braves season tickets for 20 years. I kept The Book for my HS baseball team and had to overhear our coach get yelled at by opposing coaches, umpires and parents about it but he was adamant that I knew my stuff. And back in the day before spreadsheets (much less having 'an app for that') I had the stats posted by their locker room before the next day's practice. To this day, when I need a 3-digit code, I'll pick 3-6-1 because it's my fav DP to watch.

But I haven't watched any MLB in probably 5 years...much less an entire 9-inning affair in probably 10. To keep the Addiction alive, I'll trek on down to the local American Legion games or a HS contest. Have also enjoyed a college game or two here and there...but I intensely dislike the tink of aluminum bats....and so it's a bittersweet fix. Not sure what I would have done if I'd had a son. That wanted to play.

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Ah, the good old scorebook. Back in the day when I was an up-and-coming sports writer, we used to write game stories just from the scorebook. Amazing what a well-kept scorebook page can tell you. In fact, I covered the Oklahoma City 89ers AAA team in 1979-80, went to spring training camp in Clearwater, FL, in the spring of 80, and on several nights was the official scorer at home games. Topaz will appreciate this - Oak City was the Phillies' top farm club, and several of the guys on that team participated in the 1980 World Series, won by the Phillies, of course.

Your favorite twin killing depends on a hustling #1, not always a given.
One play I always liked was an early hit to right; most right fielders I saw would hum a liner back to the infield, often to third, in effect daring the other team to take the extra base later in the game. Baseball has all kinds of similar games within games every night.

And I would wager if your imaginary sons wanted to play baseball, you would be right there, keeping scorebooks and questioning the ump's visual acuity. Gently, of course. :)

I could keep telling stories of staying up late in rural Arkansas listening to Dodgers/Cardinals on KMOX (St. Louis station) on the car radio; listened to many Koufax-Gibson pitching duels while swatting mosquitoes in July and August. And I kept a stats book in which I would recalculate every Dodgers' numbers whenever I could find a new box score. But this post is long enough already. Don't give up on MLB, especially with the Nats turning into a powerhouse. Ol' Davey knows his stuff. And I hate aluminum bats and the DH; not the game I learned to love back when Jackie Robinson was still playing.
 

Sup2Dresq

Hall of Fame
Tisk tisk...

Sappy I hope I was as quick to post an adidas fail pic as you are quick to hit the buffet.

Dats you're lucky for not betting.

Na li is lucky her ankle didn't break.


Murray...well....
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hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
why was she wearing such shoddy shoes? just because they are made in china doesn't mean she has to wear them.

When I worked in the nike outlet, we would get these buses full of Chinese toursits. They would check all tags and if it was actually made in China they would not buy it. My Store manager was a chinese guy and could speak the language. We had a ton of siz 6-8 Jordans on clearance for 10 bucks. manger told the guy he would mark them down to 5 bucks. The guy would still buy them becuase they were made in china. Nike apparently at the time didnt sell the goods in the country so the poeple would not buy somehting they could not buy at home. It doesnt make sense to me, but i saw it too many times.

^^^And more shoes. Finally trying out the ASICS G4 (can't pass up these prices), and find them a bit harsher than the 1s, 2s, and 3s. Soles seems a bit stiff, more like the Lotto Raptors I tried once (and gave to Sup). May need to get inserts to soften them up a bit. Got the black with green trim; all the good colors are already gone. :-(

Bought a pair of Gel Solution Speedsback in the summer. Closest shoe to my beloved Diadora speed pros yet. Super light, but feels supportive at the same time. Its a plush feeling show though. So I guess most would feel it is on the stiffer side. Might have to cop a pair of Black ones that just came out.

Might be getting a job down in Linthicum so I may pick the game back up since there are people down there I can hit with and they have USTA and stuff.
 

tennismonkey

Semi-Pro
hw -- there are lots of leagues in the hoco area. or you could pick a tennis club and ooh all the housewives and retired ladies with your 120 mph serve. also i don't really know what you meant by the chinese tourists thing. i think you may have left out a wouldn't or won't somewhere. but if you are from china -- why buy something that has been marked up 2000% when you can probably go to the actual factory it was made and buy it for pennies on the dollar.

made some fish stew last night and i made it too salty. i heard about this trick bout putting in raw potato and while it cooks - it absorbs salt. then remove salty potatoes and voila! it worked.

lunch today is fish stew.
 

hollywood9826

Hall of Fame
hw -- there are lots of leagues in the hoco area. or you could pick a tennis club and ooh all the housewives and retired ladies with your 120 mph serve. also i don't really know what you meant by the chinese tourists thing. i think you may have left out a wouldn't or won't somewhere. but if you are from china -- why buy something that has been marked up 2000% when you can probably go to the actual factory it was made and buy it for pennies on the dollar.

made some fish stew last night and i made it too salty. i heard about this trick bout putting in raw potato and while it cooks - it absorbs salt. then remove salty potatoes and voila! it worked.

lunch today is fish stew.

The point is they couldnt get it at the factory for pennies on a dollar. And it is marked up even more over there than here. So they didnt buy anything if it was made in china. Not even 5 dollar Jordans.
 

tennismonkey

Semi-Pro
hw -- that's weird. is that a chinese government thing or nike exerting ridiculous control to keep prices high and preventing chinese entrepeneurs from selling cheap nikes on ****?
 

sapient007

Semi-Pro
silly american. you don't buy shoes in china. you simply paid some child to do the walking for you until they reach a certain age and/or height (which ever comes first).
 

JRstriker12

Hall of Fame
What did the TWMAC think of the AO final?

I was kinda meh... I hate seeing a really tight, closely fought match come down to an endurance event. Seems like Murray didn't have anything left in the tank at the end after that Fed 5-setter.
 
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