OT - I'm bored, Part Pangos & Bell!

[Comeds]

OK so I'm outside on a glorious day tossing the baseball up in the air to myself.

It gets stuck in some tree branches about 15 feet up.



Shaking the tree does nothing, so I grab a rake and toss it javelin style towards the baseball. I impress myself with how accurate my aim is, having never thrown anything like a javelin before. It must be all those hours of Olympic watching I've done in the past.

I get closer and closer to the ball until, on the 5th attempt, the rake gets stuck in the tree about 12 feet up.



I scour the driveway for some stones but only find one about the size of a ping pong ball. I look up at the baseball in the tree and it looks very small from down here. I let loose with the stone. Not even close.



I decide to shorten my wind up and throw it more like a dart. I measure the baseball up and take aim.

Dead fucking center!!























Screw the rake, it looks good up there.

Tell everyone the rake is just getting a head start on the leaves.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

 

[Cobiemonster]

I'm curious, does anyone on here have experience with graphic design? It's something that I could be interested in, in the future

 

[forty_three]

OK so I'm outside on a glorious day tossing the baseball up in the air to myself.

It gets stuck in some tree branches about 15 feet up.



Shaking the tree does nothing, so I grab a rake and toss it javelin style towards the baseball. I impress myself with how accurate my aim is, having never thrown anything like a javelin before. It must be all those hours of Olympic watching I've done in the past.

I get closer and closer to the ball until, on the 5th attempt, the rake gets stuck in the tree about 12 feet up.



I scour the driveway for some stones but only find one about the size of a ping pong ball. I look up at the baseball in the tree and it looks very small from down here. I let loose with the stone. Not even close.



I decide to shorten my wind up and throw it more like a dart. I measure the baseball up and take aim.

Dead fucking center!!























Screw the rake, it looks good up there.

Why didn't you just fly up there and get it? Are your wings broken?

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[pixburgher66]

Dude is hitting, what, under .230? Yeah, sorry Phils...not happening. I'm not sure there's a worse run baseball team. Amaro is just awful.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Dude is hitting, what, under .230? Yeah, sorry Phils...not happening. I'm not sure there's a worse run baseball team. Amaro is just awful.

I quit watching this season - won't watch until he gets canned - this whole team is a joke

Keep Chase Utley and Cole Hamels and then get rid of everyone else - hopefully Cliff Lee pitches better in the next 3-4 starts and get a good return in August or in the offseason - get rid of AJ Burnett, Kyle Kendrick and Roberto Hernandez, they're all bums in this rotation - Marlon Byrd needs to be moved now since his value is at his highest - get rid of Ben Revere, he can't hit for any power and has a worse arm than all of us on here - trade Domonic Brown too, he needs a change of scenery - also, move Jonathan Papelbon, eat his salary and get a decent prospect in return

They need to get rid of a lot of players and start over - this whole team is a mess - and I don't think Ryne Sandberg is handling all of this particularly well, although I do think this team is really flawed and it's hard for him to do much

 

[pixburgher66]

I quit watching this season - won't watch until he gets canned - this whole team is a joke

Keep Chase Utley and Cole Hamels and then get rid of everyone else - hopefully Cliff Lee pitches better in the next 3-4 starts and get a good return in August or in the offseason - get rid of AJ Burnett, Kyle Kendrick and Roberto Hernandez, they're all bums in this rotation - Marlon Byrd needs to be moved now since his value is at his highest - get rid of Ben Revere, he can't hit for any power and has a worse arm than all of us on here - trade Domonic Brown too, he needs a change of scenery - also, move Jonathan Papelbon, eat his salary and get a decent prospect in return

They need to get rid of a lot of players and start over - this whole team is a mess - and I don't think Ryne Sandberg is handling all of this particularly well, although I do think this team is really flawed and it's hard for him to do much

If they don't make a bunch of moves now, with the market (especially for pitchers) being so high, he just needs to go. He needs to go regardless. Listening to his comments about the team is just nauseating, and I'm a Pittsburgh fan. He has one of the highest payrolls, but you'd never know. Not sure what he really expected when he signed a bunch of guys in the twilights of their career. I love AJ, but that deal is not good. I'm sure he'll exercise his option for money next year. Also: WHY DID THEY LET HIM PITCH 130+ LAST NIGHT? And after a rain delay! The guy is one of your potential trade chips, and you do THAT? Every rival GM will cite it to at least drive down the price. Protect your commodities! He had a conversation with a guy on Philly radio like 3 weeks back, and the guy called him out...and Amaro just spewed crap about being him uninformed.

 

[Cobiemonster]

If they don't make a bunch of moves now, with the market (especially for pitchers) being so high, he just needs to go. He needs to go regardless. Listening to his comments about the team is just nauseating, and I'm a Pittsburgh fan. He has one of the highest payrolls, but you'd never know. Not sure what he really expected when he signed a bunch of guys in the twilights of their career. I love AJ, but that deal is not good. I'm sure he'll exercise his option for money next year. Also: WHY DID THEY LET HIM PITCH 130+ LAST NIGHT? And after a rain delay! The guy is one of your potential trade chips, and you do THAT? Every rival GM will cite it to at least drive down the price. Protect your commodities! He had a conversation with a guy on Philly radio like 3 weeks back, and the guy called him out...and Amaro just spewed crap about being him uninformed.

He needs to go regardless, but the Cliff Lee situation is interesting as he just got back from the DL - I wouldn't want them to rush a trade unless it's really good right away - they'll get more for him later than now

RAJ lucked out because at the time when he replaced Pat Gillick(who was awesome) after the World Series win, the Phillies wanted a sure thing because they were in their great seasons, but they should have kept Mike Arbuckle, who went to Kansas City(and they have some good young players there now) instead of taking RAJ - RAJ made some solid moves like getting Doc and Hunter Pence, but then he traded Hunter Pence a year after getting him - and got nothing in return - pisses me off - also, the Phillies give up two valuable arms in Vance Worley(I'm sure you're enjoying him pix) and Trevor May for a garbage CF like Ben Revere - it miffs me how bad he's been, and he thinks he's been good? Stats DON'T lie, Phillies were a 102 win team in 2011 and in 2013 they were an 89 loss team and this season they might be 90+

 

[pixburgher66]

He needs to go regardless, but the Cliff Lee situation is interesting as he just got back from the DL - I wouldn't want them to rush a trade unless it's really good right away - they'll get more for him later than now

RAJ lucked out because at the time when he replaced Pat Gillick(who was awesome) after the World Series win, the Phillies wanted a sure thing because they were in their great seasons, but they should have kept Mike Arbuckle, who went to Kansas City(and they have some good young players there now) instead of taking RAJ - RAJ made some solid moves like getting Doc and Hunter Pence, but then he traded Hunter Pence a year after getting him - and got nothing in return - pisses me off - also, the Phillies give up two valuable arms in Vance Worley(I'm sure you're enjoying him pix) and Trevor May for a garbage CF like Ben Revere - it miffs me how bad he's been, and he thinks he's been good? Stats DON'T lie, Phillies were a 102 win team in 2011 and in 2013 they were an 89 loss team and this season they might be 90+

Worley has been pretty solid. His first few starts were #1-2 starter material, but he's settled in nicely as a #3-4 guy.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Why didn't you just fly up there and get it? Are your wings broken?

Just because I could doesn't mean I should flaunt my powers in public.


For the record, I found the rake laying on the ground last morning. This saga has now reached its completion.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Without looking it up, which baseball player hit 2 Grand Slams in the same inning back in the late 90's?

 

[forty_three]

Without looking it up, which baseball player hit 2 Grand Slams in the same inning back in the late 90's?

And who was the pitcher?

Because I don't remember the pitcher, but I know who did it. They wouldn't shut up about it when he came to the Orioles. They said it was the same pitcher too.

 

[Comeds]

Just because I could doesn't mean I should flaunt my powers in public.


For the record, I found the rake laying on the ground last morning. This saga has now reached its completion.

No it hasn't. The cycle of the rake has just begun.

Without looking it up, which baseball player hit 2 Grand Slams in the same inning back in the late 90's?

Fred Mcgriff?

 

[IPostedWhat]

 

[Comeds]

Lehigh Valley IronPigs rock jerseys inspired by Michael Jackson?s ?Thriller? (pics)

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

HOME RUN MIGGY!!!!!!!

Tigers 1
Angels 0

^4th

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Smyly's perfect game broken up after 4 1/3.

[Insert obligatory Jim Joyce pun here]

 

[Comeds]

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Hilarious...only now have found out Jim Joyce is the 2nd base ump in this game. He just made a correct call on a steal attempt.