Best MLBS (spun off from "You think your job sucks"

[Farmer Ted]

Total candy arm. If he was Costanza, they'd call him a Mary.
I don't know what's worse, his throw or bowling prowess. Should stick to hoops.

[Guest Edgy DC]

="dgwphotography":1x4giyar] ="Edgy DC":1x4giyar]The description --- "moved up and dug it out of the dirt" --- seemed a pretty accurate description of what happened. "Dug out of the dirt" is frequently used when a player fields a low throw or pitch with his glove against the ground.[/quote:1x4giyar] That's what I was thinking.. Just going out of his way to make a dig at Fox. At least he made a dig at MSNBC, too...[/quote:1x4giyar] No, they were very different. One was an outright mis-statement of facts. The other was clear satire. He essentially equated what FOX did --- which was nothing, going by what I saw --- with what he pretended fake MSNBC did. So even his joke about MSNBC was itself a dig at FOX. G-Fafif Jul 16 2009 02:55 PM I can see cheering spitefully some extra-inning game when Yadier Molina is knocked out of the game and La Russa has no backup catchers so Pujols volunteers to step in behind the plate based on his experience catching Obama. And I can see Beltran being tagged about by Albert in the top of the 16th on what he thought was going to be a Wild Pitch but it bounced back off that brick wall at Busch and the Cardinal fans, wearing red, cheer in their characteristically supportive way. Beltran, of course, forgot to slide. Then Pujols hits a home run off Sean Green to end it. G-Fafif Jul 16 2009 02:57 PM ="Edgy DC":35fuifho]No, they were very different. One was an outright mis-statement of facts. The other was clear satire. He essentially equated what FOX did --- which was nothing, going by what I saw --- with what he pretended fake MSNBC did. So even his joke about MSNBC was itself a dig at FOX.[/quote:35fuifho] Would your life really be that much better without Jon Stewart? Nymr83 Jul 16 2009 02:58 PM isnt Ray Romano one of ours too? Edgy DC Jul 16 2009 03:02 PM ]Would your life really be that much better without Jon Stewart? I think I'm calling it pretty fairly. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 16 2009 03:07 PM ="Nymr83":dius69g1]isnt Ray Romano one of ours too?[/quote:dius69g1] Um... nope. (Warning, the below is kind of galling.) http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/13/ray-romano-everybody-hates-boston/ Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2009 03:13 PM He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. dgwphotography Jul 16 2009 05:52 PM ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong... LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 16 2009 06:33 PM ="dgwphotography"] ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong... Ever since I found out, I can't watch ELR. It feels just the tiniest bit like blackface. Fman99 Jul 24 2009 06:24 AM Jim Brewer, former SNL cast member and generally funny/obnoxious comic, on life as a Mets fan. ]They suck. It�s like being in love with an alcoholic. It�s like, you constantly defend her, and people are like, �Dude, your alcoholic friend is a mess,� and you�re like, �Nah, you don�t know her like I do.�

[G-Fafif]

I can see cheering spitefully some extra-inning game when Yadier Molina is knocked out of the game and La Russa has no backup catchers so Pujols volunteers to step in behind the plate based on his experience catching Obama. And I can see Beltran being tagged about by Albert in the top of the 16th on what he thought was going to be a Wild Pitch but it bounced back off that brick wall at Busch and the Cardinal fans, wearing red, cheer in their characteristically supportive way. Beltran, of course, forgot to slide.

Then Pujols hits a home run off Sean Green to end it.

[G-Fafif]

="Edgy DC":35fuifho]No, they were very different. One was an outright mis-statement of facts. The other was clear satire. He essentially equated what FOX did --- which was nothing, going by what I saw --- with what he pretended fake MSNBC did. So even his joke about MSNBC was itself a dig at FOX.[/quote:35fuifho] Would your life really be that much better without Jon Stewart?

Nymr83 Jul 16 2009 02:58 PM

isnt Ray Romano one of ours too?

Edgy DC Jul 16 2009 03:02 PM

]Would your life really be that much better without Jon Stewart? I think I'm calling it pretty fairly.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 16 2009 03:07 PM

="Nymr83":dius69g1]isnt Ray Romano one of ours too?[/quote:dius69g1] Um... nope. (Warning, the below is kind of galling.) http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/13/ray-romano-everybody-hates-boston/ Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2009 03:13 PM He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. dgwphotography Jul 16 2009 05:52 PM ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong... LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 16 2009 06:33 PM ="dgwphotography"] ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong... Ever since I found out, I can't watch ELR. It feels just the tiniest bit like blackface. Fman99 Jul 24 2009 06:24 AM Jim Brewer, former SNL cast member and generally funny/obnoxious comic, on life as a Mets fan. ]They suck. It�s like being in love with an alcoholic. It�s like, you constantly defend her, and people are like, �Dude, your alcoholic friend is a mess,� and you�re like, �Nah, you don�t know her like I do.�

[nymr83]

isnt Ray Romano one of ours too?

[Guest Edgy DC]

]Would your life really be that much better without Jon Stewart?

I think I'm calling it pretty fairly.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="Nymr83":dius69g1]isnt Ray Romano one of ours too?[/quote:dius69g1] Um... nope. (Warning, the below is kind of galling.) http://www.tmz.com/2008/06/13/ray-romano-everybody-hates-boston/

Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2009 03:13 PM

He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was.

dgwphotography Jul 16 2009 05:52 PM

="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jul 16 2009 06:33 PM

="dgwphotography"] ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong... Ever since I found out, I can't watch ELR. It feels just the tiniest bit like blackface.

Fman99 Jul 24 2009 06:24 AM

Jim Brewer, former SNL cast member and generally funny/obnoxious comic, on life as a Mets fan. ]They suck. It�s like being in love with an alcoholic. It�s like, you constantly defend her, and people are like, �Dude, your alcoholic friend is a mess,� and you�re like, �Nah, you don�t know her like I do.�

[Benjamin Grimm]

He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago.

I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was.

[dgwphotography]

="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was.

Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="dgwphotography"] ="Benjamin Grimm"]He "came out" as a Yankee fan in the Daily News a couple of weeks ago. I was sure he was a Mets fan. At least, Ray Barrone was. Not a surprise. There was an episode that featured a few of the 69 Mets, and had Ray and his brother singing Meet The Mets They got the words wrong...

Ever since I found out, I can't watch ELR. It feels just the tiniest bit like blackface.

[Fman99]

Jim Brewer, former SNL cast member and generally funny/obnoxious comic, on life as a Mets fan.

]They suck. It�s like being in love with an alcoholic. It�s like, you constantly defend her, and people are like, �Dude, your alcoholic friend is a mess,� and you�re like, �Nah, you don�t know her like I do.�