Señor Smoke
February 11th, 2007 by SBG
Oy. A blast from the past.
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In Response to Cup of Coffee: July 2, 2009,
DK wrote: Russo's reports don't make signing Saku sound likely, though. Saku's the best center still on the market by a fair stretch, and reading between the lines it sounds like the Wild's deals to both…
davidwatts wrote: sounds like the Wild are going after Saku Koivu too
DK wrote: I see you guys talked about Gabby this morning but didn't mention who the Wild did sign. I think he's at least as good an all-around player as Gaborik, with about the same amount…
cheaptoy wrote: My parents used to slap a "Jesse the Bod" t-shirt on me. I used to hate it, but looking back, I should have embraced it.
davidwatts wrote: “I wanted to get up here right away and get going,” Aaron Hicks said. “I’ve had nothing but good relationships with the Twins organization. They make you want to develop, make you better, push you.…
ubelmann wrote: Why did Lawson drop so far? I'm not saying that all the clubs who passed on him have smart execs, but I'm not sure what people were worried about with him. With Brandon…
ubelmann wrote: It's a small enough difference that I don't really consider it a big deal. I think that having to cope with the Delmon Young Experience has jaded me.
Jeff A wrote: An article on Twins' prospect Aaron Hicks.
In Response to You Choose -- Vol. 5,
E-6 wrote: These are a little too sadistic for my taste, too. No vote.
FirstTimeLongTime wrote: C'mon meat, Buffalo is the new Brooklyn.
meat wrote: Do Buffalo, New York hipsters count? Just the idea of Beefalo Hipsters makes me laugh.
In Response to Idiot Alert!,
cheaptoy wrote: I almost went that far, but decided to go with a more conservative interpretation. Exponential is most likely pretty damned correct, though.
ubelmann wrote: It seems more exponential to me.
cheaptoy wrote: Level of idiocy appears to have a linear relationship with number of commentors.
ubelmann wrote: Is Juan Rivera even one of the top 3 Angels outfielders?
ubelmann wrote: Yeah, no one really knows a great way to quantify catching prowess relative to an average defensive catcher, so for those purposes all catchers are considered as average catchers, which gives them a boost over…
meat wrote: Who's the worst? I don't want to know.
sean wrote: I don't see this "Slowey" on the Yankee or Red Sox rosters.
Moss wrote: They seem to ignore defensive contributions by catchers, so factoring that in would put Mauer in the lead for sure. And Elmn Yung is only second-last in all of baseball!!
janus wrote: They would make my life more fulfilling if they would keep their K.I.S.S.ing confined to John Kruk's posterior region. I would be interested in finding out which one thinks Juan Rivera is one of…
FirstTimeLongTime wrote: Umm, none of these baseball minds selected Kevin Slowey to be the AL starting pitcher?!? Haven't they heard about a little stats called WINS!
In Response to Evidence-based medicine recommends more s-e-x,
meat wrote: Wow, a post about sex devolves into poor word choice and use. I
In Response to Joe wants a Grammy to go with Fielding Grammy,
FirstTimeLongTime wrote: For a puff piece I quite enjoyed that.
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Rhubarb_Runner replied on February 11, 2007 at 9:52:34 am
O.M.G.
Can I just say that someone spent way too much money on that, and it was about 3min too long?!
New Britain Bo replied on February 11, 2007 at 10:29:39 am
and it was about 3min too long?!
But it was only 3 min long?! Oh. I get it.
I was just curious if the cats groovin in the background were fellow players, but didn't recognize anyone.
New Britain Bo replied on February 11, 2007 at 10:31:52 am
Makes you wonder how many other treasures the Stick has locked up in the WGOM Vault (where he keeps the Rally Cap).
SBG replied on February 11, 2007 at 12:00:31 pm
Actually, I was working on something to make it easy for anyone to plug the rally cap into a LTE, but it didn't work.
New Britain Bo replied on February 11, 2007 at 12:44:01 pm
Probably for the best - that kind of power in the wrong hands...
brianS replied on February 11, 2007 at 11:04:36 am
Quality material. Puts the Bearsss' Super Bowl Shuffle to shame.
I especially enjoyed all the big hair on the dancin' girls.
I wonder how many instruments Prince played on the soundtrack?
Scot replied on February 11, 2007 at 11:19:35 am
I was, at one time, a proud owner of this video. I think that it was a Christmas present.
WillYoung replied on February 11, 2007 at 11:37:05 am
SBG, someone from your office actually owns that video. I'm not going to name any names, though
CarterHayes replied on February 11, 2007 at 11:43:52 am
Wow. I don't suppose there was ever a video for the "Drive Time '91" (or whatever it was) song, was there? I heard it so much back then that I still have a good portion of the lyrics memorized.
Moss replied on February 11, 2007 at 1:37:55 pm
Ooof, that's awful.
ubelmann replied on February 11, 2007 at 1:54:10 pm
It's a good thing he was better at pitching than dancing.
Andrew replied on February 11, 2007 at 11:54:59 pm
I have no idea what I just watched.
SBG replied on February 12, 2007 at 8:48:38 am
Consider yourself lucky.
SDfan replied on February 12, 2007 at 10:23:47 am
My memory may be a bit hazy, but I seem to recall Juan pitching poorly in a particular game in 1987. In an interview after the game, he said "No talk. I pitch crap. No talk."
You've gotta love an athlete who tells it like it is.
He was one of my favorites from that magical 1987 team. I probably listened to 120 of their games that season out here in western South Dakota. The AM radio station was almost incoherent after sundown, so you really had to listen intently.
The write-up about Gaetti - and this goofy video - have me waxing nostalgic this morning. I've actually had goosebumps more than once. Thanks SBG.
SBG replied on February 12, 2007 at 11:05:46 am
Writing the Gaetti thing brought up a lot of memories, which will be contined as we move up the list. 1987 was a helluva fun time.