I don't think the success of the teams is as much of a predictor in the Cy Young vote as it is in the MVP.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 26 August 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Morbs,
When was the last time that the top 4 payrolls in baseball didn't make the playoffs?
Lovingly,
SS
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know, or esp care.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Dr. Morbius,
You know those Keith Law chat transcript looking things that you sometimes post that look like this:
Tom: St. Louis MO: What are your thoughts on Yost having Sabathia pitch the 9th the other night when he had already thrown 110 pitches and the Brewers had a 7 run lead?
Keith Law: (1:22 PM ET ) Idiotic. I'm not sure which is more likely to cause the Brewers to lose in their NLDS - their flammable bullpen, or their addled manager.
Where are those from?
― felicity, Wednesday, 27 August 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
They are from http://espn.com/mlb
You can follow them via the chat link when the chat is ongoing, BUT afterward they are usually behind their subscription wall.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 28 August 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Dr. Morbius, this is not about baseball, but hey what's up do you like the movie "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm" why because its intersting.
― ian, Saturday, 13 September 2008 04:22 (fifteen years ago) link
I worked on the sequel to that thing. I met S+3v3 Bu5c3m! and gave him a cigarette.
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 14 September 2008 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Dear Dr. Morbius:
My spouse is out with TOMBOT watching that new Coen Bros movie. Should I be concerned?
Concernedly,
― quincie, Sunday, 14 September 2008 01:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh wait this is ILBaseball. Hmm, I supposed I should therefore as an ILB question.
Wouldn't it be better if Mr. Que and TOMBOT were at a Nats game rather than that new Coen Bros movie?
Your thoughts appreciated,
― quincie, Sunday, 14 September 2008 01:13 (fifteen years ago) link
quinc, I have never had a movie date w/ Tomboto, so don't know if he gets "fresh." (He did not try anything at the Nats game I went to w/ him tho.)
ian, I've never heard of it.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 15 September 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
What is "secret sauce" you have been writing about vis-a-vis playoffs?
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― felicity, Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/statistics/sortable/index.php?cid=280104
― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Here is a description:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/fantasy/fsv/2008-09-23-FSV-003.htm
― polyphonic, Thursday, 2 October 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah, I see.
― felicity, Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
MY NAME IS
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID
― Barack HUSSEIN Obama (max), Thursday, 2 October 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
why is gabbknob back btw?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 3:14 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^ this is solid
― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:24 (fifteen years ago) link
life is hard, bro
― loaded forbear (gabbneb), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
gabbneb's back?
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i've seen no evidence of this--check yr glasses morbs
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Dear Dr Morbius,
is Kung Fu Hustle the greatest narrative feature film ever made, y/n?
― Young Scott Young (sic), Saturday, 19 September 2009 12:55 (fourteen years ago) link
n
(closer than Knocked Up or The Natural, obv)
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 September 2009 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Dr. M:
What are the Red Sox chances at winning the World Series this year, and why?
Thanks, and best regards.
-- Daniel
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 19 September 2009 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
(I followed the pattern of posting like a letter, with signature. Kinda don't like the way it looks, in retrospect. Oh well.)
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 19 September 2009 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link
20-22%. Figure 12.5% for each of 8 equally balanced playoff teams, then factor in the AL's strength and the Sox likely being the 2nd-best AL team.
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
morbius who are your ten favorite players?
― omar little, Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
active?
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:16 (fourteen years ago) link
let's say both
― omar little, Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
i'd like active, actually
― k3vin k., Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
but not my qn
active and passive
― a full circle lol (J0hn D.), Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i KNEW that was comin, just not from you!
I'll keep this *mostly* to players I actually saw:
ALL-TIMESeaverMaysSatchel PaigeRuthJoe MorganRickey HendersonAaronBarry BondsTug McGrawBill (Spaceman) Lee
ACTIVEDavid WrightPujolsBeltranSizemoreMauerHarenBrian McCannUtleyPablo SandovalIchiro
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 September 2009 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Dear Dr. Morbiouss,
What was it liek seeing babe ruth pitch?
--JTM
― cutty probably already everyone (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 19 September 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
cheap
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 September 2009 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahaha
also surprised joe's unfortunate post-player career hasn't soured your opnion of him
― k3vin k., Saturday, 19 September 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm Solomonic that way.
― A Patch on Blazing Saddles (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 19 September 2009 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
lol Sandoval token bear
― sanskrit, Saturday, 19 September 2009 23:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Esteem'd Morbius, Base-ball Physician,Are there any managers, in your opinion, who help their team more than they hurt it? If so, what admirable qualities do they possess?
― ice cr?m abdul-jabbar (Leee), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
beats me
I think Scioscia and (it pains me to say) LaRussa and Cox come to mind first.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 March 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Given that Jim Riggleman is still allowed to manage a major league baseball team, even if it is the nationals, does that mean there is still hope for any of us who've thought "shit, I could manage a team, probably"?
― Lee Dorrian Gray (J0hn D.), Saturday, 6 March 2010 03:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Dear Dr. Morbius,Did you know that many years ago Joyce Dewitt and Orson Bean were married, for a period of about 3 months?
― Ole Rastaquouère (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 March 2010 02:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Dear Dr. Morbius,Who the fuck is Orson Bean?
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Saturday, 13 March 2010 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
dear doc morbs - has there been a time sum mets rooks have tore up the spring as much as ike davis & fmart have so far?
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 13 March 2010 05:47 (fourteen years ago) link
JD: Tailor your resume, emphasize people skills.JR: I did not -- was Joyce into Wilhelm Reich too?TT: A comedic actor and game-show panelist (b.1928 as Dallas Frederick Burrows) who you may have seen as the old millionaire who "pisses orange" in Being John Malkovich.JC: Way too many times.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 March 2010 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
what is your would blap starting nine lineup for 2010?
i remember mauer and wright from last year, who else?
― sanskrit, Saturday, 13 March 2010 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
insufficient data.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 March 2010 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
aka he won't admit jeter's on it
― k3vin k., Saturday, 13 March 2010 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
he's not.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 13 March 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
grit hater
― bnw, Sunday, 14 March 2010 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
ANSWER THE QUESTION OR YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED DAN UGGLA
― sanskrit, Sunday, 14 March 2010 13:30 (fourteen years ago) link
favorite ylt song?
favorite fmu dj?
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 February 2014 05:04 (ten years ago) link
langella, hopkins, cusack: who played the best nixon? or, alternately, marry, fuck, kill?
― james franco, Friday, 21 February 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
franco or la beef?
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 February 2014 05:12 (ten years ago) link
favorite met?
favorite phillie (non-ironic)?
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 February 2014 05:17 (ten years ago) link
wth
Haven't seen Cusack's Nixon... Hopkins was alright, not as good as Jason Robards in Washington Behind Closed Doors or Aykroyd on SNL
obv my fave Met all-time is #41, Wright right now
Phillie I'll go with Ashburn or Tug
my fave YLT song is "Tom Courtenay"
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 February 2014 13:30 (ten years ago) link
tom scharpling overrated? 14 yrs x 48 broadcasts x 3 hours and all thats left is 6-7 hours of truly classic material. seems like Wurster did all the heavy lifting anyway.
― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, 21 February 2014 13:54 (ten years ago) link
Do you bang the desk with your fist before every post? I read all your posts this way now and it is a great deal of fun. Especially on non-political threads. I imagine pens and pencils and loose papers scattering, teacups clattering on their saucers.
― Anacostia Aerodrome (El Tomboto), Monday, 12 September 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
i am like a duck... still above the surface
do you have a baseball question? have you been to a Nats game this year?
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 September 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
also, i am on 'scription roids; i'd break the desk in half.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 September 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Friday, February 21, 2014 8:54 AM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm gonna go with yes, btw, usually didn't enjoy the Best Show all that much when I listened. Whereas I find Seven Second Delay fairly consistently amusing.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Monday, 12 September 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
I've been getting deeper into film this year, but film writing on the internet seems really dire. Can you recommend anyone worth following/reading that actually talks about film/filmmaking and isn't just A) longform otaku nerd twaddle, B) identifying "tropes" masquerading as criticism or C) audits on how woke movies are
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 November 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
i'll get back to you, but w/ a historical bent maybe start here:
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/
shd've thrown in a baseball ref
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 November 2017 14:39 (six years ago) link
word, def looking for something on new films too.
I just watched 'The Square' and looked at the wiki and saw this sentence "Vice.com reviewer R0d Bastanm3hr hailed it as a timely satire taking aim at contemporary art patrons.[46]" and am under a cloud of misery and anger that an observation so banal and surface-level was a professional writer's big takeaway from such an ambitious film
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
I don't gaf about Star Wars or superhero movies, fan service is ruining everything, TV is not better than movies, destroy all reboots, etc
― "the fgti incident?" (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 20 November 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
bump
― like æ duce says, smell my anvil vapre (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
i like this guy
https://letterboxd.com/msicism/
and also the Effectively Wild baseball podcast.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 April 2018 06:35 (six years ago) link
― TS: Kirk/Spock vs. Hitchcock/Truffaut (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 February 2020 13:56 (four years ago) link
probably saw each other in the green room a lot
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 8 February 2020 15:49 (four years ago) link
sweet morbs, just one question - how do you do it?
― ogmor, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
it's all in the reflexes
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
ogmor, that doesn't sound like a baseball question
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 April 2020 13:42 (four years ago) link
I am just a humble admirer, baseball is a mystery to me
― ogmor, Friday, 10 April 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
can't believe it took me this long to ask you about playing guitar for gg allin
i mean ballin' from Maine to Mexico was right there
― mookieproof, Saturday, 3 October 2020 02:57 (three years ago) link
Dr. Morbs, please be honest: who is the biggest piece of ass in 2020 MLB?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 3 October 2020 03:10 (three years ago) link
i don't understand either question.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 October 2020 14:36 (three years ago) link
Gentlemen, we have an imposter here. What did you do with the real Dr. Morbius, "Dr. Morbius"?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 3 October 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
Never heard of that guy, mook... I think his Wiki page is fairly new.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 October 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
MY NAME IS― Dr Morbius, Thursday, October 2, 2008 11:16 AM (twelve years ago)
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, October 2, 2008 11:16 AM (twelve years ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 22 October 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
thanks guys... it helped me remember him more clearly getting those words out
it might sound crazy if you just read his posts on this board or knew morbs the character, but we would all do good to live like bill. it's so easy to live a sedentary existence now (i'm not talking about covid), to feel like there's so much culture at your fingertips that you might as well be drowning in it. bill was from a different era, he never changed, and his rigidity and pride in being that way came thru loud and clear even if you barely knew him. but behind that was someone who valued tangibly experiencing the things that mattered to him, even when that thing was watching the sorry ass mets score 2 runs on a windy april night. (and btw he would never leave early.) i'm posting this as a reminder to myself as much as anything
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:59 PM
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 October 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
Love that he wouldn’t miss a pitch at the stadium but often posted about falling asleep at home before crucial plays in the sixth or whenever. (I can relate.)
― Andy K, Friday, 23 October 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
Loved that sleeping through 1/3 of the game would not stop him from weighing in.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 23 October 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
Bobby Bonilla day will never be the same. :(
Who was the good doctors favorite Met?
― earlnash, Saturday, 24 October 2020 03:52 (three years ago) link
Wright for a while, I think.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 24 October 2020 04:01 (three years ago) link
seaver, far and away
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 October 2020 04:26 (three years ago) link
i miss you morbius
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 4 July 2021 08:42 (two years ago) link
every time I see a terrible take on "film twitter" I think, "god, I miss the guy but I'm glad Morbs never had to see this"
to be fair, he'd probably have dismissed most of the nonsense out of hand and gotten back to telling us about what he was never going to watch :)
― mh, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 21:11 (two years ago) link