American Gloadiators: A fan club turns its broken hearts to you
by andrewmiller on Apr 2, 2009 11:42 AM EDT
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In some quarters, the trade of Ross Gload to the Florida Marlins brought jubilation. But it was devastating news for the locally based Ross Gload fan club American Gloadiators, co-chaired by Joel Prado (me) and Alias To Be Named Later (my boss Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka). We are preparing a Something Awful.com front-page retrospective about Ross Gload, and I wanted to reach out to anyone at Royals Review who might be artistically inclined. Artwork we could really use includes:
* Drawings of Ross Gload that display a "child's rendering of his idol" aesthetic
* Any Photoshop alterings that present Ross Gload in a favorable, heroic light.
* The catch phrase "Gload will explode" presents many possibilities.
The piece is tentatively scheduled to run two weeks from today -- we were waiting to see where Gloadie ended up before starting the writing process. Anyone who's interested, please post your JPEGs in this thread and/or send them to garbageday@somethingawful.com. Not only will you be credited at the bottom of the article, but also you can know you've done your part to educate a befuddled public about Gload's hidden greatness -- the things that "don't show up in the box score".
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gloads ability to do things that don't show up in the box score is unprecedented
so much so that he’s still going to help the royals win
he’s that good
by royalsreview on Apr 2, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good news everybody!
I have been in contact with Joel by e-mail (very amiably, I might add) and he says he plans to come back to RR sometime in the next day or two to post something regarding former Royal, Ross Gload.
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by NYRoyal on Apr 2, 2009 1:25 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I'll be sure not to post that day
As I never played college baseball and therefore know nothing about the game.
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by RoyalsRetro on Apr 2, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
awesome
see if we can get some funny Gload in college stories. I’ve no problem with G-LOAD or Joel personally, and it would be nice to have some fun stuff to laugh about.
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by devil_fingers on Apr 2, 2009 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
rec'd
no offense, but this is already better than your critically acclaimed piece on rotation slots.
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by devil_fingers on Apr 2, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by Zonis on Apr 3, 2009 4:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which (ex-)Royal do you figure does the best with the groupies?
Gload’s intensity on the field certainly spills over into his approach at the Waldo Bar and Grill. Bloomy’s grit might prove problematic, as one imagines it would cause painful friction, especially if the lady in question was insufficiently lubricated. DDJ probably scores with the kind of woman who shows up in Hot Chicks with Douchebags. Mike Jacobs strikes out a lot, on the field and at the clubs; he just can’t handle the curves. And, as we all know, Callaspo is a switch-hitter.
It's pronounced Poo-ZHOLS in Catalan.
by Juancho on Apr 2, 2009 6:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have it on good authority...
that Grudz did very well with the local groupies (while he was around KC at least).
"Now…put that in your [BLEEP]ing pipe and smoke it." -Hal McRae
by Sweep_the_Leg on Apr 2, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My wife says he has dreamy eyes
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by NYRoyal on Apr 2, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
to be fair
his eyes are very, very blue. Hypnotic blue….
Listen to the MUSTN'Ts, child Listen to the DON'Ts Listen to the SHOULDN'Ts, The IMPOSSIBLEs, the WON'Ts Listen to the NEVER HAVEs Then listen close to me-- Anything can happen, child, ANYTHING can be --Shel Silverstein
by loyal2theroyals on Apr 2, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
B-b-but I thought Grud had a special lady in his life!
And that MEANS something to all ballplayers. Fact.
WTF, self?
by minda33 on Apr 4, 2009 2:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do we have a name
of the minor leaguer we’re getting? not that its gunna be that important.
by bleedpowderblue on Apr 5, 2009 12:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I haven't heard anything yet as to who it will be.
by Steve Hovley on Apr 5, 2009 5:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
PTBNL's usually take a while to resolve
Often it takes months.
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by NYRoyal on Apr 5, 2009 5:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Han-Ram
you heard it here first.
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by devil_fingers on Apr 5, 2009 5:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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