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Post by wonk on Jan 7, 2013 13:45:02 GMT -8
Did you just say "Thank god" because Cat Power won't be on the lineup? It appears that way, but I'll allow you a chance to defend yourself because you didn't actually quote the Cat Power deconfirmation, and you could have been possibly responding to a different post.
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Post by wonk on Jan 7, 2013 13:12:13 GMT -8
In Brian McKitish's recent article, he ranked the top 130 fantasy players moving forward. I own 5 of the top 14, and Dwayne Wade, a first rounder who was ranked 23. Out of those six studs, I only drafted one of them. I started out with a pretty shitty team, but I'm figuring this game out. I don't think I'm going to be in 7th place all year.
I might be top 3 before all is said and done, which would guarantee a non-invite to next season's league.
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Post by wonk on Jan 5, 2013 12:14:01 GMT -8
I can't wait until My Bloody Valentine shows up on the lineup and I get to laugh in wonks stupid wrong face for calling them the ultimate anti-Sasquatch band. Quoted for larfs sig.
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Post by wonk on Jan 4, 2013 21:11:57 GMT -8
I really liked following him last year (he was on my fantasy team). What do you guys think of him? Contract year dude, that's why you liked following him last year. You also must not have realized he was a pile of feces starting at about the exact time he signed his contract extension, which was early June for some stupid reason. Check out his 2012 monthly splits in the link posted above. He was a league leader in RBIs, and had a very respectable OPS before he got paid, then he went back to his usual lazy ways. That's the reason the A's gave up on him as a prospect way back when, and chose to take (if you can believe this) Milton Bradley over him. Lolol. Plus, as mentioned, he can't hit lefties, and his contract makes him virtually untradable outside of a straight up salary dump. Now back to Giancarlo Stanton, who is in the news much more recently, now that the Marlins are publicly listening to trade offers. I can't stress how much it makes sense for Billy Beane to get Stanton. 1. The A's aren't as broke as everyone thinks. They just can't find people worth spending money on to take their money. They can easily afford Stanton's three arbitration years, especially since he's basically free in 2013. 2. Billy Beane has always sought power bats, but they've been impossible to find in free agency (outside of the giant CesPEDes gamble). He knows he has trade for one. 3. The A's won the west. They don't need to continue stock piling prospects to keep their payroll low. It's time to win, especially with that extra wild card and the extra wins with all those games against Houston. Flip those prospects for a stud. 4. They've historically had bad luck with offensive prospects flourishing, so why not flip a giant package of prospects to get that power hitter with the highest upside of any power hitter any of us have seen since we've been alive? 5. If something doesn't work out, Beane can recoup some of what he's lost by trading Stanton. 6. I can't see my favorite hitter going to an AL West rival two years in a row. The Mariners and Rangers are front-runners for Stanton. Take that bat from your rivals. I still don't think Stanton will be traded, but I know the Marlins expected return is unreasonable right now. It will drop when all other 29 teams have a chance to call the Marlins idiots.
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Post by wonk on Jan 2, 2013 21:35:52 GMT -8
Will there be hot chicks at Sasquatch?
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Post by wonk on Dec 30, 2012 19:36:19 GMT -8
In this week's wonk thinks NFL refs are comically terrible, I caught a bit of the Colts game before heading to work. The first play of the second quarter (I believe) had Luck fumbling the football holding the ball too long in the pocket. The call on the field was a fumble, but the refs overturned it because they said Luck's arm was moving forward when the ball got knocked out of his hand, so it was an incomplete pass.
Fair enough, that appeared to be the case, but he threw the ball five yards backwards. There is no such thing as an incomplete pass that goes backwards. If it goes backwards, it's a fumble.
If there is some wacky rule which states, "a backwards pass is not a fumble when the tuck rule is applied," I would like the referees to state this. We all want to understand the rules better, and when the refs can't explain their questionable call, they continue to come off as incompetent.
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Post by wonk on Dec 30, 2012 18:58:53 GMT -8
Happy birthday to the ultimate lurker, THE NIGHTwoMAN. Only two posts in two years, but they generated a surprising level of conversation. Included, Gramma's infamous proclamation that couples on messages boards are insufferable. Irony.
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Post by wonk on Dec 29, 2012 22:16:57 GMT -8
Ah hey I like the not-new new guy. Also: he's in the over-thirty club. You'll change your mind when he decides to try to sell his tickets for double face value like he did in 2010. Oooh, a scalper caught in the act. Can we not ban him until he has a chance to defend himself?
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Post by wonk on Dec 29, 2012 12:13:18 GMT -8
My Bloody Valentine are playing the Tokyo Rocks Festival which is on the 26th and 27th. What are the odds they'd hit Sasquatch first? This guy seems to know what he's talking about... Random (not so random?) headliner speculation. My Bloody Valentine. They were a curveball wishlist Coachella sub-headliner, but with news of a new album I think they fit the mold fucking PERFECTLY for a Sasquatch headliner. And I think they are most certainly anti-perfect for Sasquatch, and won't be on the lineup.
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Post by wonk on Dec 28, 2012 20:59:20 GMT -8
Danilo Gallinari, I owned him for a month, you owned him for a month, and the first game after you traded him to Chodinez, he scores a career high 39.
We are supremely getting our asses kicked in assists. I am 150 assists behind the 8th place team, and 150 assists in front of you. I've never punted a category, but I don't see how either of us makes up ground. Ricky Rubio pulled a fast one on me. I planned on sitting him the first couple weeks back until he started playing more minutes, but he had 9 assists and 3 steals his first game back (on my bench). So I figured he could help even in limited minutes. In his last four games, 11 assists and 3 steals combined (in my lineup).
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Post by wonk on Dec 28, 2012 13:12:38 GMT -8
Happy birthday
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Post by wonk on Dec 27, 2012 22:14:46 GMT -8
Between this past weekend and today I've been throwing back: Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout Lagunitas Brown Sugga Hitachino Nest Extra High XH Iron Horse Cozy Sweater Widmer Brrr 21st Amendment Fireside Chat Big Al Winter Warmer Ninkasi Sleigh'r Holy shit I've gained at least five pounds from thick and delicious holiday beers alone. Worth it! That list looks worthy of an additional 5 pounds! I really like Jolly Roger this year. Super tasty. I am hoping to come across that on nitro somewhere. The Jolly Roger used to be my favorite beer, before it went seasonal. My homie used to be a regular at the Maritime Pacific brewery in Ballard, so many Jolly Rogers were consumed when I visited him. I hear they moved to a bigger location, so our old watering hole is no longer. I need to find this beer.
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Post by wonk on Dec 27, 2012 22:08:00 GMT -8
My favorite band-aid Rich Harden scored himself a minor league deal with the Twinkies. Atta-boy Richie! Also the Mariners continued their huge offseason with the signing of Jeremy Bonderman. Hi, I'm Jeremy Bonderman, remember me? Ah Rich Harden, my second favorite emergency bullpen catcher, behind Eric Chavez. They are the only two players in recent memory to hit the DL because of a full-body injury. I still root for the guy, he had so much potential in that tiny frame. And the Mariners recent blockbuster signing, Raul Ibanez, who will be a great play on the road at Yankee stadium, the only ballpark he can hit the ball out of with their little league short porch in right field. But he hit the first homer at Safeco or some insignificant stat like that. That was a nice read. Thanks for posting. I forgot about his annual thread. I had both of the Uptons on my fantasy team when the hit their 100th on the same day. Awesome, although I'm not a fan of the tight pocket Lew Wolff comment. The way I've always thought of it, he bought a run down movie theater, and has been trying to upgrade it. People want to see a movie in the newest IMAX high def or 3-D theater, but aren't willing to pay to see the same movie projected on a brick wall in the middle of the ghetto. Owners are in the business to make money, so I don't fault him for trying to build a better fan experience. If he gets his frat brother Selig to allow the move to San Jose, he makes a shit ton more money in real estate, then can use that extra cash to improve the team. He hasn't proved to be a tight wad yet.
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Post by wonk on Dec 27, 2012 16:44:43 GMT -8
It's ironic I even questioned the sack celebration a while back. By the way, what even constitutes a group celebration? I thought it was more than one person, yet I saw two Chiefs lineman doing a choreographed dance after sacking the QB which included them dancing and kicking each others feet. That's not a group celebration? Brett Keisel did his signature "shoot the arrow" sack dance after sacking the Bengals QB last week making it 4th and 20, and was flagged. It was a 15 yard penalty and an automatic first down. Apparently the rule is you can't go to the ground in celebration, and his knee hit the ground. I'll bet you didn't know that rule? profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/27/steelers-were-stunned-by-brett-keisels-sack-celebration-penalty/Also little known, Tim Tebow is the only player exempt.
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Post by wonk on Dec 27, 2012 9:48:21 GMT -8
I don't have a problem with 'play buttons'. Death Grips used 'em, the fucking Residents use 'em (to a certain extent). The joke was the cube would have one play button, while an unhooked show would have up to three (the freedom to do whatever he wants as Pea said). GET IT? HE STILL JUST PRESSES PLAY.
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Post by wonk on Dec 26, 2012 16:47:39 GMT -8
Portugal. The Man - December 20 This looks like an album cover rather than an actual photo. I almost pulled my phone out to photo this, but I mostly got over being 'that guy' a month after my first smart phone. I'm going to start a website where I film people filming concerts, just so the annoyed will have a place to vent, ironically.
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Post by wonk on Dec 26, 2012 16:37:44 GMT -8
A cool thing about that is that he'll have a lot more freedom to do whatever he wants without working within the confines of a programmed production. I'd rather see Deadmau5 without the music than Deadmau5 without the cube. Gramma might enjoy Deadmau5 without the cube. "Unhooked" will have almost as many play buttons as Zaireeka, and he loves that shit.
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food!
Dec 19, 2012 22:35:22 GMT -8
Post by wonk on Dec 19, 2012 22:35:22 GMT -8
The funny thing is, I'm likely the only regular who has honestly never created a fake account, yet wonk has me pegged for at least two haha. Yet you pegged me for upwards of ten fake accounts, because I did one so well.
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food!
Dec 19, 2012 22:34:25 GMT -8
Post by wonk on Dec 19, 2012 22:34:25 GMT -8
I would never ever ever put steak on nachos. Nachos do not deserve steak.
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Post by wonk on Dec 19, 2012 21:15:12 GMT -8
You hate Vargas? Why is that? I don't know the splits and I don't know if they would even show what I believe, but Mr. Vargas has historically been an Athletic killer. It is for that that I hate him. The A's have also had an amazingly inept offense over the last few years, with little to none right handed power hitters. It was much better this past season with CesPEDes and the hit or miss Chris Carter domination. Chris Young will help fill the Gomes loss, and who knows what the Japan dude can do. A guy who historically beat up a terrible offense doesn't mean he can continue to beat up a much improved offensive lineup (I know you know this, but I'm saying it anyway).
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