Cancer Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Looks like the old M's kanji caps aren't available any more. Too bad. Seattle actively sought out the Japanese market (and players) starting more than a decade ago. Of course, when the president of Nintendo was one of the big owners of the team, this is unlikely to be a coincidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted May 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The Red Sox are having a great year this year from what I have heard. Of course I haven't gone and looked to closely into their status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I probably shouldn't have had to think as hard about what your real name is, huh? *is tired* Tired owels are teh cutest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The Red Sox are at the top of the standings, 7 games ahead of both Baltimore and the Yankees. Copy-pasted from ESPN.com: EAST W L PCT GB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK L10 Boston 23 10 .697 - 9-4 14-6 176 110 Won 4 8-2 Baltimore 17 18 .486 7 12-8 5-10 157 160 Won 3 5-5 NY Yankees 16 17 .485 7 10-9 6-8 192 168 Lost 1 7-3 Tampa Bay 14 20 .412 9.5 8-9 6-11 154 210 Lost 4 4-6 Toronto 13 21 .382 10.5 7-10 6-11 156 178 Lost 9 1-9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Tired owels are teh cutest. Then I must be frickin' adorable right now. = v = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I worship your writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER The Red Sox are at the top of the standings' date=' 7 games ahead of both Baltimore and the Yankees....[/quote'] Only the fact they're in the same division as Texas will keep the Mariners from losing 100 or more games this season. Of course, they'd also do better if they fed Jeff "2.45+ WHiP for $8.3 million this year?!?" Weaver through a chipper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Only the fact they're in the same division as Texas will keep the Mariners from losing 100 or more games this season. Of course' date=' they'd also do better if they fed Jeff "2.45+ WHiP for $8.3 million this year?!?" Weaver through a chipper.[/quote'] Heh. We Red Sox fans just watch the Yankees pay way more for our decent players, then watch formerly decent players get sanitized by whatever Steinbrenner puts 'em through, and then watch their playing decline. There were a lot of jokes about "The Curse of the Rodriguez" when the Sox managed to win the series a couple years back, and stomp the Yankees along the way. Not that he was a former Sox player, but, from our standpoint, he was being paid the big bucks to blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER True, though Alex Rodriguez's salary is the fault of the Texas Rangers, not the Yankees directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Well, yes, there is that. A co-worker of mine is a huge Yankees fan. During baseball season, we needle each other. It's fun. ^ v ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER la-la-la American sport la-la-la So the Aussies won the Cricket World Cup 3 consecutive times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER la-la-la American sport la-la-la So the Aussies won the Cricket World Cup 3 consecutive times. Aw, c'mon. The Sox hadn't won a World Series for 86 YEARS. Being a Red Sox fan is a badge of pride, a mark of a person who isn't just some fair-weather fan and who can weather ANY disappointment and say, "Maybe next year." It's a mark of a person who can hold his (or her) head high after watching his team choke for the 85th season in a ROW, and still not even CONSIDER not watching the following year's games. Fever Pitch captured it remarkably well, actually, and there's some humor in the fact that the movie had to change its ending when the Sox won the Series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Aw' date=' c'mon. The Sox hadn't won a World Series for 86 YEARS. Being a Red Sox fan is a badge of pride, a mark of a person who isn't just some fair-weather fan and who can weather ANY disappointment and say, "Maybe next year." It's a mark of a person who can hold his (or her) head high after watching his team choke for the 85th season in a ROW, and still not even CONSIDER not watching the following year's games.[/quote'] The same could be said for Fiztroy, a former club of the Australian Football League (AFL). They hadn't won a premiership since 1944 and fans (and family) sill courageously still supported their team through thick and thin. Things go so bad for the club they were forced to merge with another club in 1996. The otherthing to remember, AFL was formally Victorian Football League and the main clubs come from Melbourne. The league has been going since 1897 and in Melbourne AFL IS a religion -- people are that passionate. Also, on a different sport in Australia, cricket: Despite having produced many outstanding cricketers and attracting others from interstate or overseas (see below), Queensland failed for 68 years to win the four-day national tournament (known at the time as the Sheffield Shield) until Stuart Law led them to success in the 1994-95 season. 68 years is still a long time between drinks. Not as long as the Red Sox, but still a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . So, anyone for brännboll?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER . . . So' date=' anyone for [i']brännboll[/i]?! Dude, I don't think you can use language like that on these boards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I can, I have and I will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 12, 2007 Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Not anymore. Post reported. (jk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 13, 2007 Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Love the jokes bazza. Must spread rep around though. Another joke about fonts. Well actually' date=' a cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I think my kids play brännboll (under the name "Danish rounders") in school here. I'm not positive, as I've not seen what they play, but the description loosely fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER There are so many stick-and-ball games out there . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER 999 one page to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I'm on page 300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Anomaly Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Yeah, well, I'm sticking with the default page count, so it's page 999 for me, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Bah! I say bah! (are we there yet?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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