― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 20:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
He got a hair cut. His bro was there too along with another guy (didn't recognize).
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link
No sorrys required ... I was just noting how that post was rather inimitably GYGAXIAN.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 23:44 (nineteen years ago) link
i guess the latest wrinkle is that cropp pulled some parliamentary shenanigans to delay vote on the dc/mlb plan citing some source of private finanicing. if the private financing plan is legit, i'm all for it, but i have a sneaking suspicion that it's purpose is to kill dc baseball by continually putting off an up or down vote.
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 19:10 (nineteen years ago) link
espn had a uni design contest. not that it matters, but i like the first and last.
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Thursday, 18 November 2004 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 19 November 2004 01:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 19 November 2004 03:50 (nineteen years ago) link
agreed about the first and last. and the ppl designing alternate unis need to be shot.
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 19 November 2004 06:29 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.core77.com/inconspicuous/
He's a smart and funny cookie.
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 19 November 2004 06:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 19 November 2004 08:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 19 November 2004 08:18 (nineteen years ago) link
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpcDBuM2RlBF9TAzk1ODYxNzc3BHNlYwN0aA--?slug=ap-expos-namechange&prov=ap&type=lgns
washington NATIONALS, folks
― John (jdahlem), Saturday, 20 November 2004 01:47 (nineteen years ago) link
Chris Kahrl of BP summarizes the Nationals' two signings last week: "Jim Bowden flushes a bunch of money down the drain in Washington."
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 20 November 2004 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
this is what sucks about mlb jerking dc around so long. they're still calling the shots! the franchise needs 1) owners 2) that will spend money or bring in sharp baseball folks that know how to maximize their dollars.
you didn't expect mlb to hire a sabr dude, did you?
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Saturday, 20 November 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/i/magazine/new/uni_ds_wash.jpg
― boldbury (boldbury), Sunday, 21 November 2004 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Sunday, 21 November 2004 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― boldbury (boldbury), Sunday, 21 November 2004 03:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― maura (maura), Sunday, 21 November 2004 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Sunday, 21 November 2004 16:02 (nineteen years ago) link
(and, yeah...i think the monument is intentionally phallic. y'know...father of the nation?)
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Sunday, 21 November 2004 17:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Dude, you'd be surprised at the number of "SABR dudes" MLB -- and mlb.com in particular -- is employing these days to make a mint (see the late chapters of my latest book recommendation).
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 November 2004 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― maura (maura), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Monday, 22 November 2004 17:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 22 November 2004 20:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 November 2004 21:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― bnw (bnw), Monday, 22 November 2004 21:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 22 November 2004 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 22 November 2004 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 November 2004 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 22 November 2004 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 November 2004 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
as for the skins, they should change the helmet logo back to the 60's "r" and call themselves the washington servicemarks. washington's legal population would applaud!
i like "nationals" just fine. the logo is pretty weak and i'm not wild about the proposed unis or resurrecting the "w" hat given the current political climate.
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 14:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 24 November 2004 00:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
especially if tony williams doesn't run, she's got to be a favorite if the mlb accepts the newly amended proposal. she could then claim responsbility for holding mlb accountable to the people of dc AND bringing a team to dc.
a lot of ifs there, though.
― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link
tempered enthusiasm
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-baseball-new-stadium-1.4947176
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 16 December 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link
Stephen Brunt, who I view as a pretty smart analyst, was on the Fan yesterday talking about this. (Weird to say, but I lived one street over from the Brunts as a kid; we played street hockey. Lost track of him after high school, then one day he was everywhere sports-related.) He said that for the longest time, right up till six months ago, he was certain Montreal would never get another team. He's revised that, and now he thinks it will happen.
― clemenza, Saturday, 22 December 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link