Can't post today, nobody started thread, Brock chagrined

[BigDDude]

Clay Aiken formally declared his bid for Congress, setting aside the singing career he launched on TV's American Idol to run as a Democrat for a North Carolina seat now held by a Republican.
In a video posted Wednesday on You Tube, Aiken alluded to the "golden ticket" that got punched when he was the 2003 runner-up on the reality singing show. He stressed his upbringing by a single mom and his days as a special education teacher in explaining that he wants to serve in Congress for people who don't have a voice.
"I'm not a politician. I don't ever want to be one, but I do want to help bring back — at least to my corner of North Carolina — the idea someone can go to Washington to represent all the people, whether they voted for you or not," Aiken said.
He is aiming to take on Rep. Renee Ellmers, chairwoman of the Republican Women's Policy Committee, who won a seat long held by a Democrat in 2010. In a radio interview last week, Ellmers dismissed Aiken's candidacy by noting, "As we know, he doesn't always fare that well. He was runner-up."
Aiken, 35, will face at least two candidates in the Democratic primary, including Keith Crisco, a former state Commerce secretary.
North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, based in the central part of the state and Fayetteville, is considered a conservative area. Republican Mitt Romney won 58% of the vote there in the 2012 presidential election.
The district's voting registration is about evenly split with 36% Democrats, 36% Republicans and 28% unaffiliated voters, according to a state Board of Elections analysis cited by the News & Observer.
Since garnering fame on the second season of American Idol, Aiken has been recording and appeared on Broadway. He spoke out against North Carolina's amendment banning same-sex marriage and has been an advocate on gay and lesbian issues. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Aiken to a presidential commission focused on people with intellectual disabilities.

 

[Brocktagon]

you see that story about the charter flight Bieber was on, said he and his father were unruly and out of control and the pilots had to wear oxygen masks because of all the pot smoke

that kid is fucked

I haven't smoked out of an oxygen mask but I heard it's fun

 

[Brocktagon]

what's up unohammer, how's the brady bashing doing?

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Clay Aiken formally declared his bid for Congress, setting aside the singing career he launched on TV's American Idol to run as a Democrat for a North Carolina seat now held by a Republican.
In a video posted Wednesday on You Tube, Aiken alluded to the "golden ticket" that got punched when he was the 2003 runner-up on the reality singing show. He stressed his upbringing by a single mom and his days as a special education teacher in explaining that he wants to serve in Congress for people who don't have a voice.
"I'm not a politician. I don't ever want to be one, but I do want to help bring back — at least to my corner of North Carolina — the idea someone can go to Washington to represent all the people, whether they voted for you or not," Aiken said.
He is aiming to take on Rep. Renee Ellmers, chairwoman of the Republican Women's Policy Committee, who won a seat long held by a Democrat in 2010. In a radio interview last week, Ellmers dismissed Aiken's candidacy by noting, "As we know, he doesn't always fare that well. He was runner-up."
Aiken, 35, will face at least two candidates in the Democratic primary, including Keith Crisco, a former state Commerce secretary.
North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, based in the central part of the state and Fayetteville, is considered a conservative area. Republican Mitt Romney won 58% of the vote there in the 2012 presidential election.
The district's voting registration is about evenly split with 36% Democrats, 36% Republicans and 28% unaffiliated voters, according to a state Board of Elections analysis cited by the News & Observer.
Since garnering fame on the second season of American Idol, Aiken has been recording and appeared on Broadway. He spoke out against North Carolina's amendment banning same-sex marriage and has been an advocate on gay and lesbian issues. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Aiken to a presidential commission focused on people with intellectual disabilities.

That was 11 years ago? Holy shit I feel old.

 

[Brocktagon]

That was 11 years ago? Holy shit I feel old.

I was watching VH1 CLASSIC last week. they played Marilyn manson. 1996 is classic now. fuck me!

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

hey hammer, how goes it

any new Howard Johnson parking lot jokes?

I'll trade you a "Tony Gwynn is so fat........"

deal?

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

I was watching VH1 CLASSIC last week. they played Marilyn manson. 1996 is classic now. fuck me!

I was 7 at that time, can't believe that is classic now. Woof!

 

[Brocktagon]

I was 7 at that time, can't believe that is classic now. Woof!

I was in high school. I had a Marilyn manson t-shirt and long hair.

'those were the days'

 

[Brocktagon]

hey hammer, how goes it

any new Howard Johnson parking lot jokes?

I'll trade you a "Tony Gwynn is so fat........"

deal?

i'm trying to come up with a "tony gwynn jr's chin is so big....."

thoughts?

 

[obxyankeefan]

I still love baseball cards, even though I quit actively collecting them years ago.

just buy the set when topped puts it out in August. The set cost between $40 and $60, a box of about 80 cards cost $20. The hobby is slowly dieting because of the overpopulation of cards in the 80s and the overpriced cards in the 90s.

 

[BigDDude]

I was in high school. I had a Marilyn manson t-shirt and long hair.

'those were the days'

And, for both of you. You young whipper-snappers........


Oh well, at least I still have long hair, as most guys my age are wishing they had any at all.....

 

[obxyankeefan]

I was in high school. I had a Marilyn manson t-shirt and long hair.

'those were the days'

fuck'n youngsters. I was out of school by the time Johnny was born.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

I was in high school. I had a Marilyn manson t-shirt and long hair.

'those were the days'

Sounds fun.

 

[BigDDude]

just buy the set when topped puts it out in August. The set cost between $40 and $60, a box of about 80 cards cost $20. The hobby is slowly dieting because of the overpopulation of cards in the 80s and the overpriced cards in the 90s.

I stopped buying cards back in the 1980's. Since then, I just come across them, or are given them from folks who have them and no longer wanted them.

I sold my original collection back in 1985. Got a car for them.

Had I waited a year, I probably could have bought a house.

Timing is everything.....

 

[obxyankeefan]

I stopped buying cards back in the 1980's. Since then, I just come across them, or are given them from folks who have them and no longer wanted them.

I sold my original collection back in 1985. Got a car for them.

Had I waited a year, I probably could have bought a house.

Timing is everything.....

I still have my collection and watch the value of it go down every year. These young'ens today don't even know who Mel Parnell is, much less his place in Boston history.

 

[BigDDude]

Someone snuffed out the sausages?

 

[BigDDude]

Yesterday, it was called Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Today, they sold the rights to Globe Life Insurance. So, Globe Life Field? Globe Life Park? Chan Ho Park?

Who knows?

 

[BigDDude]

Former stars Roger Clemens, Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez and radio play-by-play voice Joe Castiglione were selected to be inducted into the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, the team announced Wednesday.
Clemens sticks out as the most contentious choice, his Hall of Fame-worthy statistics having been called into question amid allegations of performance-enhancing drug use.
In 13 seasons with the Red Sox, Clemens was a five-time All-Star, racking up three Cy Young Awards, two 20-strikeout games and an American League MVP in 1986 after leading Boston to the World Series. He holds a number of club records, including career wins (tied at 192), shutouts (38) and strikeouts (2,590).

Clemens left the Red Sox after the 1996 season, signing with the Toronto Blue Jays and reeling off back-to-back Cy Young seasons before being traded to the New York Yankees. He won another Cy Young and two World Series in five seasons in New York. In total, he pitched 24 seasons and finished with 354 wins and seven Cy Youngs.
In 2007, Clemens was named in the Mitchell Report as having allegedly used anabolic steroids in the latter part of his career, an allegation he denied in front of Congress in 2008. He later was charged with perjury for those denials as evidence of his PED use mounted, but he was found not guilty in a trial.
Clemens has received a mixed reception from Red Sox fans in several appearances at Fenway Park since those allegations, but he was cheered during an appearance in 2012 at the team's ceremony honoring the 100th anniversary at Fenway Park.
"I've never lost my love for this town," he said at the time.
Clemens will enter the Red Sox Hall of Fame with another fireballer in Martinez, who was a two-time Cy Young Award winner and a four-time All-Star in his seven seasons with the Red Sox (1998-2004). Perhaps no pitcher in team history created as electric an atmosphere at Fenway as Martinez.
After posting a 2.89 ERA in his first season in Boston, Martinez had an 82-21 record and a combined 2.10 ERA over the next five seasons, one of the most dominant stretches in baseball history.
Martinez is the club's all-time leader in win percentage at .760 (117-37) and had 1,683 strikeouts in 1,383 2/3 innings while with Boston.
He memorably struck out five of the six batters he faced in the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park and was a big part of the 2004 team that erased an 86-year championship drought in Boston. His 17-strikeout, one-hit game against the Yankees in 1999 will be recognized by the Red Sox Hall as a "Great Red Sox Moment" this summer.
Garciaparra broke onto the scene as one of the best shortstops in the game in 1997, when he won AL Rookie of the Year honors with a 30-homer, 98-RBI season. He was an All-Star in five of his nine seasons in Boston (1996-2004) and was a runner-up for AL MVP in 1998 after hitting .323 with 35 homers and 122 RBIs. He has the fourth-best career batting average (.323) and fifth-best slugging percentage (.553) in team history.
Castiglione has been the team's radio play-by-play announcer for 31 seasons, second in longevity to only broadcaster Ned Martin. His tenure includes the entire careers of the three other inductees and all three of the team's championships since 2004.
His signature call of the final out of the 2004 World Series is part of Red Sox lore: "Can you believe it?"
The players were chosen for the Red Sox Hall of Fame by a 16-person panel consisting of team executives, media members, booster club reps and historians.
The foursome will be inducted into the Red Sox Hall sometime in August.

 

[Brocktagon]

just buy the set when topped puts it out in August. The set cost between $40 and $60, a box of about 80 cards cost $20. The hobby is slowly dieting because of the overpopulation of cards in the 80s and the overpriced cards in the 90s.

LOL

you couldn't trade cards because everyone had every card in the 80's.

then the 90's came and somehow hologram 'rare' cards were worth upwards around $200

 

[obxyankeefan]

Yesterday, it was called Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Today, they sold the rights to Globe Life Insurance. So, Globe Life Field? Globe Life Park? Chan Ho Park?

Who knows?

it use to be the stadium were named after the owner, the city, or the team. now it is the business of the week.