2009 Draft Day 2 Overflow Thread
by Freneau on Jun 10, 2009 3:23 PM EDT
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Eric Diaz, pick #482 out of New Mexico JC is hereafter known as The New Mexicutioner.
Understood?
Or, maybe Matthew White, RHP, New Mexico. There can be only one New Mexicutioner.
Interesting quote just flew by on Twitter from Joe Hamrahi:
The Royals have drafted 27 players...25 are 6 feet tall or taller and 2 are 5' 11". Who says size doesn't matter!
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don’t we have two New Mexicutioners?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:24 PM EDT reply actions
A New Jersey Guy
As the New Mexicutioner?
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:25 PM EDT reply actions
All day!
I can’t wait for Rany to announce that he’s chosen “New Mexecutioner” for Diaz’s nickname
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Red Sox are twittering their every pick on draft tracker
Most recently – “With our 20th round selection, the Sox went local. RHP Alex Hassan from Duke University is originally from Milton, MA.”t
Waiting for April.
Eric Arnett, Milwaukee's first round pick,
is also tweeting twittering twatting along
Waiting for April.
by DC Royal on Jun 10, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Disco got promoted to Omaha today
Congrats Chris enjoy the long road trip
I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a big deal.
I'm sure Rany or Mellinger will let us know
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
maybe it should be the contest between the two
to prove who really is the “New Mexicutioner”. I mean, what if one of them ends up throwing in the upper 80’s and can’t get K’s to save his life, but we’ve already dubbed him.
Or maybe the first one is the “New Mexicutioner” and the other is the “Newer Mexicutioner”. (or “Newest”).
and we can keep track of their development
and who is “winning” the race to be crowned with the moniker.
Kind Of Like
William Least Heat-Moon.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 10, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
If I can't have the Old Mexicutioner
Jusst let Juan Cruz be the New Mexicutioner
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
Don't want to hear about a New Mexicutioner
it gives me connotations that Soria is the
Ex-mexicutioner
oh, wait, I forgot.
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
the
Hugerectiocutioner
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
So, any bets on the day when/if Leo Nunez's WAR exceeds Mike Jacobs'?
Nunez was below RL for a while — his WAR is currently 0.0
Jacobs was as high at 0.7 at one point, currently 0.1
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yeah, but relievers get an unfair advantage there
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
granted that's probably why Fernando said Tuesday
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
The Citadel getting some love
good work Braves.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions
Geovany Soto is already in the big leagues....
haha tigers….trying to sneak one by the Cubs.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:33 PM EDT reply actions
KC's 21st round pick is
- Marvin Cooper from Bellhaven College.
From Mississippi originally.
Waiting for April.
obviously trying to get Senior Citizens to come out to the park
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
no candy-coated emotions now
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
Manny keeps things in perspective
“I didn’t kill nobody, I didn’t rape nobody, so that’s it, I’m just going to come and play the game.”
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do you think
that second point was a shot at kobe cause he didnt get no courtside tix comp’d for the finals
Hawk; "what would you do in that situation"
"id hit him" ;Stone
by Grinder Rule #42 on Jun 10, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
CMSU kid.............arggggggggh Dayton!!!!
Matlock was a flat stud this year, and now he’s with Texas.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:34 PM EDT reply actions
Double whammy
Central Missouri and Springfield. Missouri through and through, and not a Royal
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:35 PM EDT reply actions
let's trade for him
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
that's what happened in reverse to my bud from high school
drafted by Royals then traded off to Rockies
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
Toronto also selects a Kansas kid
Kurt Giller from Manhattan HS, Manhattan, KS
WTF Dayton
Waiting for April.
Toronto with a Manhattan, KS high school kid
DAYTON YOU ARE GETTING RIPPED TO SHREDS!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:36 PM EDT reply actions
Dayton's from Wichita
he knows you gotta go outta state for REAL talent
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
I wish the Royals had gone out of state when hiring a new GM
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
steers and queers boy. you eyeballin me????
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
Obviously not, if Dayton isn't drafting all these guys right up
have the Braves taken any KS boys?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
No idea
Two Kansans in the first round – Aaron Crow (went to Washburn Rural), and Garrett Gould (Wichita Maize HS), went to the Dogers in Comp A.
The other notable was A.J. Morris from Kansas State, who was the first pick of the 4th round.
Waiting for April.
I Played Babe
Ruth ball with a couple of guys who went there. They were rich kids.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 10, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
According to the draft tracker
“Marvin Cooper” is also known as “Chanse Cooper.” I don’t know if I trust someone who doesn’t spell Chance the right way.
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
he also appears to be the only black guy (perhaps one more) on the Belhaven team
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
he's like the president:
knock yourself out.
by theverbs on Jun 10, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I wonder what Selena Roberts will be doing for a living in two years?
The AP:
Published in early May by HarperCollins with an announced first printing of 150,000, “A-Rod” has sold just 16,000 copies so far, according to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks about 75 percent of industry sales. The book sold 11,000 in its first week, then quickly faded.
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Is she still at SI?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
side question
has JoePo recently been hired by a magazine? I’ve seen no mention of any of his work for anybody on his website, other than the Star of course
Drew Biery?
Mourning Guy Carbonneau...
Royals obscure player to watch in ST: Lenny DiNardo
by playingwithfire on Jun 10, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
A St. Louis 1B goes elsewhere
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
Action shot
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Did I just violate some rule there?
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I give this guy points cause he looks like Willie Ballgame
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
It's Jimmy Gobble v2
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
therefore, no hope of success under current management
“we don’t need no stinking situational lefties”
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
That's the
OHIO VALLEY CHAMPION Tennessee Tech University, thank you very much
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions
grad school does strange things to people
though she looks skinny for you, or was that NY Royal? can’t remmeber
probably NY
I’m not a “skinny” guy, but her features are just really, really beautiful. Okay, that sounds like NY
you don’t find her attractive?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions
wait, you're far from saying she isn't attractive?
or you’re far from thinking she is attractive?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
it's me
they were so desparate to not get canceled that I thought they were going to go full frontal by the end of the season
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I've never watched that show
is it on network Tv? Would my wife tolerate it?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
never noticed that before
that’s some serious pickiness
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yes it is
but (as a matter of personal taste) i just want people in general to go with what they got (implants, botox, etc. running rampant).
People do have it all wrong
The ugly people should be getting all that stuff. The good looking ones need to leave it alone!
I think they're just making up schools now
Nova-Southeastern University in Florida?
Waiting for April.
UT-San Antonio
isn’t that TreyDaddy’s alma mater?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions
Yep
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions
UT-Arlington
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football"
- John Heisman
Scott Kelly RHP Penn State
not SEC?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
Royals 23rd round pick is....
Kelly Scott, RHP, Penn State University. Hometown, Arlington Heights, IL (same as Disco Hayes).
All Day, baby. All day.
Waiting for April.
got a JP howell thing going on
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Dayton's going to be around a loooooooong time
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
most likely
then go on to be an All-Star reliever
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
That's Scott Kelley, Penn State
Last name comes first.
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:54 PM EDT reply actions
"We like him as a catcher from Slippery Rock"
That strikes me as funny
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:55 PM EDT reply actions
michael scott would have a field day with that
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of which, the Yankees just drafted Kevin
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
wasn't he the mayor
in Back to the Future
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
And did you hear the people in the back of the White Sox room?
Some guy, who kind of sounded just like Kenny Williams, kept on saying: “Goldie”
He’s as fascinated as us all. Probably, that’s why they drafted him.
"I always wanted a Goldie"
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Has Toronto stopped drafting yet?
Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.
Don't They Get
Like 1.5 picks in every round?
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 10, 2009 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Golf Specialists
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 10, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Very real
“”http://" >Snead State Community College was well represented with an award winner and a featured presenter at the NISOD International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Experience on May 24-27 in Austin, Texas. " So there.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Stupid ling thing
Try this
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Stupid spelling of "link"
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Evansville Aces
Missouri Valley Conference love!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:01 PM EDT reply actions
not enough resemblance to Mitch Maier, Scott Kazmir, etc.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't find anything showing
he’s signed with a major university, so there’s a chance he’s an Arizona Royal this summer.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
So i was so bored the last weekend when I was laid up
that I not only watched Star Wars Episodes I and II, but also some of the extras.
I know most Hollywood actors/actresses are stupid, but I was still surprised by how moronic Both MacGregor and Portman sounded
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
And they're both very good actors
But Lucas wasn’t in it for the money, not at all
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
well, Portman might be good in general
but she should have lost her SAG membership for those three, career-ending-in-a-just-world performances
I like Ewan MacGregor, but he was like DeNiro or Nicholsen next to most of the rest of the cast
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I saw Natalie Portman last week
At Princeton alumni reunions. Her brother was graduating. She’s tiny.
Waiting for April.
don't know much about her
was her family wealthy pre: her fame?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, no way her fame and fortune were allowed to play a part in that
I can’t think of any dumb people who went Ivy
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
i get your point
but i worked in Princeton’s admissions office for awhile and no one would give a shit that her brother was related to Natalie Portman. A U.S. president or established family like the Kennedy’s, sure. But the money only talks so much at Ivy League schools since like 80% of the student body’s family has a ton of it anyways.
Waiting for April.
well, fair enough
I’m sure much of my ire is resentment-fueled since I was neither smart nor studious enough to get into one of those schools
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
her whole overrated rep is based on something she did when she was 13
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
She moved from Israel at the age of 3
Her father is a fertility and reproduction specialist. I think she and her brother are probably legitimately smart.
Oh, and there’s this from Wikipedia:
Although she says her family was not religious,11 Portman attended a Jewish elementary school, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Glen Cove, New York. She graduated from a public high school, Syosset High School.1 Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Episode I so she could study for her high school final exams.12
In June 2003, Portman graduated from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. At Harvard, Portman was Alan Dershowitz’s research assistant (he thanks her in The Case for Israel) in a psychology lab. While attending Harvard, she was a resident of the Lowell House13 and wrote a letter to the Harvard Crimson in response to an anti-Israeli essay.14
Portman pursued graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the spring of 2004.11 In March 2006, she appeared as a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism and counterterrorism, where she spoke about her film V for Vendetta.15
In addition to being bilingual in Hebrew16 and English, Portman has studied17 French,18 Japanese,18 German,19 and Arabic.20
As a student, Portman co-authored two research papers that were published in professional scientific journals. Her 1998 high school paper on the “Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen” was entered in the Intel Science Talent Search.21 In 2002, she contributed to a study on memory called “Frontal Lobe Activation During Object Permanence” during her psychology studies at Harvard.22 Due to her scientific publications, Portman is among a very small number of professional actors with a defined Erdős–Bacon number
yup, so I guess that means she can say anything reactionary if she so chooses
without repercussions
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah... but psychology...
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought you were in something else
I was trying to rib NHZ
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions
may i ask what your field is?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
ah, good, so I can mock the social "sciences" with impunity?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
It Was Very
Good, unlike Besson’s most recent steaming turd “Taken”.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 10, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard a rumor that you woke up in your hotel room in Toronto
in a bathtub full of ice and minus your appendix. Is that true?
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
most of it
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I woke up in my house outside of Toronto with a lot of abdominal pain
it eased off, but I still thought it would be more fun to have surgery than to go sit a few rows up from the dugout and watch Zack pitch
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately
I won’t feel like I can comment until I also have an appendectomy in the U.S.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
It is sad when
the voice actors on Star Wars: The Clone Wars (the feature-film and CN series) are worlds better than the Eps 1-3 actors
there's another KS kid from Bellvue
are you even trying Piccolo?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Bellvue, KS? Or NE? the one righton the border?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Philadelphia selects a Kansas kid
Justin Long, reliever from Bellevue U., hometown Sun City, KS
Waiting for April.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
How does one
Become a scout of Canadian secondary school students? Is that a promotion or punishment?
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:12 PM EDT reply actions
Richard Folmer
Looks like he’s got the Davies/Hoch three-day’s-growth beard
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Riley Cooper? Wasn't he a football player at Florida?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:13 PM EDT reply actions
Richard Folmer, Stephen F. Austin, RHP, Senior
6’3
29 relief appearances, 33 innings, 37 Ks, 21 walks
all-time saves leader for SFA
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
"most effective with men on base"
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Southland Conference All-Conference Third Team
Third team. And now a Royal.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions
With 21 saves
Over four years
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Arizona
selects Taylor Wren, Manatee JC. We would like it noted that he is the son of Diamondbacks scout Luke Wrten.
Waiting for April.
thats funny, you would think that they would have had the same last name...
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
so you're saying I should watch the show?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
it's quality... the Don Draper character... one of the more intriguing on TV in years I'd say
woman pictured was the new cast addition for season 2
it will be hard for me to appreciate him after he's been on Simmons' podcast
Why can’t I get paid shitloads of money to talk about TV shows and roadtrips with my friends for an hour a week?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
good point
no really, he’s a really interesting character… you really don’tknow much about him, or what he’s into, etc…
there’s a fair amount of relatively cardboard “weren’t men in the early 1960s pigs” vibes, as you can glean from above as well, but not so much that it’s annoying
is it just about repressed jerks in a changing world?
I mean, that sounds fine — is it actually fun at all, or just good?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
it's not too heavy i'd say
the sets & costumes and little historical touches (like an old call exchange center, etc) are almost worth it on their own
Disagree
I watched about half of the first season. By then I felt like I was being hit over the head with a hammer with guys were jerks back then, people were racists back then, people in the suburbs were actually horrible people back then, etc. Plus I can’t get into shows when everyone in the office has sex with each other. Come on. But I agree that some of the period stuff is cool.
But hey, just my two cents. I love Aqua Teen Hunger Force, so I’m an idiot.
how did you feel about draper?
(without spoiling too much of it, in case d_f watches)
he’s got his demons, but seems to be generally respectful, etc
I was torn on him
He was a generally classy guy, but I only sympathize with people so much. I get it that he’s struggling with some things, but then that leads to _______ .
Maybe I’m jealous because I’m married with an ok job living in the suburbs and I subconsciously wish I had something darker going on.
yea, I see that
I just personally didn’t find it to be that preachy, and you’ve got the whole self-made-man/mystery man side of draper as well
don't you realize that all white people who have ever lived in the suburbs were and are racist jerks?
Obviously, you haven’t had the same awesome education and connectoin withthe marginalized as the Portman children
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure, why not?
After all, they won back to back just last May 17th and 19th
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
Natalie Portman and her brother are the associate deans
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
very strong undergraduate sabermathematics program of study
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
No more academics
if you don’t focus on your baseball!
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
You Can Get
A PHD in GRIT there.
I used to be an A's fan until they left town and got good.
by philofthenorth on Jun 10, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
that's what I'm going to do
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
WV
Hotbed of HS baseball action.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:22 PM EDT reply actions
"Nitro High School?"
Superindendent: Eric Bischoff
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Batted .444 11 HR, 40 RBI, 38 SB
- team in state
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Did that mean
there was only one team in the state?
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Did I miss it, or have we still not drafted a single fricking shortstop yet?
Mr Glass, this is a pro sports team, not a retail store - run it like one!
We're waiting
for the international signings.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Dayton's waiting for Gordon to come off the DL
so he can trade him for Diory Hernandez
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
no we have.........
two guys who played SS at Arkansas, plus some more guys i can’t remember off the top of my head
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually
We got a college SS from Arkansas in Rd 14-15ish (we also got their 2B)
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions
because of the great track record of SS's picked in the 35th round
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
Florida with the righteous tunes in their draft room
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Seriously, a baseball player named "Gump?"
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
Mercyhurst College
Royals took someone from there last year
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:28 PM EDT reply actions
Isadore Newman!
We u sed to travel there for debate tournaments!
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I thought she was the dancer who strangled when her boa wrapped itself around
the axle of the convertible she was riding in.
"Things could always be worse." - Buddy Bell
SF
took an MU 3B
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
SF takes Kyle Mach from Mizzou........
he will NOT get along with that Dominguez moron they took with their 3rd rounder
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
Gabriel McDougal....LF.....Linn Univ.
oh my.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
most decorated player in school history......psych major
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Gabe MacDougall's facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/people/Gabe-MacDougall/66403726
Someone friend him, please. Minda?
Waiting for April.
Worst job in baseball: the Emcee for this miserable conference call
I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.
have at it
I exist to serve
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
the guy in the shades is WONG, the guy behind him I won't know-- it's pre-WIllie
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
good guess
also makes sense logically — catcher huddle with the stats guy (I’m sure they’re going over Pitch f/x stuff), but it doesn’t look like hinm to me…
wait.. ISN’T THAT GABOR????
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Not pictured
knife in Wong’s back
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
oops that's Jin Wong
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Gabe McDougall
Lynn University
6’1/200lbs
Senior
Major: Psychology
.302/.429/.529, 10 HR, 62 RBI, 34 walks, 18 HBP, 48 Ks
Gabriel McDougall
In the words of a former hometown teacher
“I really do not know sports, but I had the pleasure of knowing the young Gabe MacDougall, whom I had for a student for one year, and a kinder, more articulate young man can not be found. I’m sure your family, particularly your younger sister are very proud of your accomplishments. You knew what you had to do, and you did it. Way to go Gabe!”
But can he hit a breaking ball?
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions
he'll probably have to hit 7th a lot
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Peterson info
Has as a scholarship to University of Washington. Probably a difficult sign. Went to the same HS as Tim Lincecum. All-around the field utility player in HS, royals drafted him as a 1B.
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2008/12/15/liberty-baseball-player-signs-with-washington-huskies/
Waiting for April.
i got one down below
Take that Seattle!!!!!!!!!!!!1
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
the ROyals drafted George Michael Bluth?
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
we have found a theme
The Royals have drafted 27 players…25 are 6 feet tall or taller and 2 are 5’ 11". Who says size doesn’t matter!
joe hamrahi on twitter
Eric Peterson
Signed with University of Washington.
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions
TORONTO SHOULD TOTALLY SCREW OVER HOUSTON NOW
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nice Houston guys being jerks after they drafte out of order
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not be assholes about it
with the “ONCE AGAIN….”
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Another kid from SMS
and Josh Outman’s brother
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions
MIAA getting love
Emporia State and now Missouri Southern
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions
Apparently Peterson is
a “”http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ren/sports/45758367.html" target="new">once in a generation" type of player.
I’m guessing he goes to college.
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions
Really
simply struggling with the link thing
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
x
There’s no guarantee a team will call Peterson’s name on draft day, but he said he’s spoken to seven or eight major league clubs. If a team does draft him, Peterson said the contract would determine whether he took the major-league flyer or remained on track to play at the UW.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Seattle has gone all bloodlines
for the last three rounds – announcing sons of scouts, sons of college coaches, etc.
Waiting for April.
I can't wait for them to draft Dayton's kid
it’s on in Grass Creek then. That’s essentially kidnapping.
Waiting for April.
Oakville HS in St Louis
PIccolo!!!!!!!!!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:50 PM EDT reply actions
Atlanta selects
Robby Row, Daytona Beach CC. Sticking to the Southern guns even still.
Waiting for April.
debated against a guy named Ravi Row back in college
went to Wash U…
I think i was over .500 against him, mostly i remember him wearing a bright yellow suit once
signed with St Petersburg College
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
yessssssssss!
1) bad facial hair
2) scowl
3) hideous hemp necklace thing
BALLPLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no neck, either
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by Matt Klaassen on Jun 10, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions
early official 30th round title photo
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
here's my 30th round pick
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
Zaharion
has a bulldog named “Chunk,” who can be seen at this link.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:57 PM EDT reply actions
gives new meaning to the phrase
blowing chunks
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
does he do the Truffle Shuffle?
Don't Stop Believing!
another SMS kid
that’s three from them i think.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:58 PM EDT reply actions
Tim Clubb
from Missouri State—was the best guy on their staff last year.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions
Jefferson College in Mo......
Mark Buehrle’s school, I think.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 4:59 PM EDT reply actions
nationals
curses!!!!!!!!!!!!1
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
30th round baby
I can’t believe i’ve been following this all day. and i didn’t follow any of it yesterday.
Waiting for April.
Sikeston HS in Mo....taken by the Braves
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions
Joshua Worrell Indiana Wesleyan........STL kid
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions
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Worrell was the ace of the pitching staff with a 3.32 ERA and a 7-6 record. He allowed just 54 hits in 78-2/3 innings pitch while striking out 77. Worrell held opposing hitters to a .194 batting average against.
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions
KC's last pick of the day is...
Joshua Worrell, Indiana Wesleyan University, Hometown – STL
Take that and shove it, LaRussa, Duncan, Wellemeyer!
Waiting for April.
Joshua Worrell
From St. Louis—there you go!
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 5:02 PM EDT reply actions
Minnesota just took a catcher with no school?
by Fernando Vina School of Linguistics on Jun 10, 2009 5:06 PM EDT reply actions
Technically
Crow was a “no school” pick as well.
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by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I really wanted Jennie Finch
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
Reminded of an old Baird story
When the Royals brought in a softball pitcher for a tryout. A bunch of front office types were impressed with his stuff as Baird shook his head and said, “It’s a balk, you guys.”
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
correctable by a little footwork change
where the motion is started before the right foot (for a RHP) touches the rubber.
Much easier to compensate for than the extended distance of 60’ 6"
Bob Mac could figure it out.
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
Philly takes a pitcher from Cowley County CC
And erupts in applause. Where are you, Dayton?
Waiting for April.
Kid of a scouting guy
They’re all just dang glad for his proud pop and relieved he fell to the 30th round.
Yeah, it was a stupid screen name.
by CentralChamps2009 on Jun 10, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
To be fair, he was their midwestern scouting director's son.
I wonder what would happen if you drafted someone else’s son.
I mean, I’m assuming there’s like some unwritten rule that you don’t, but I might just to fuck with everybody. I think it would be hilarious. But maybe not. They probably take such things super seriously.
Oh man that would SOOOOO be my job.
Taking things seriously?
JENNIE FINCH NOW!
Yeah? From what I hear, you couldn't hit water if you fell out of a f@#%ing boat.
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