MORE Than A Baseball Diary

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 4:10 PM CST

Stephen King once said that telling an alcoholic to control his drinking was like telling someone with explosive diarrhea to control his shitting.

I imagine that this might be a good analogy for how some of you are feeling today (gravedigger. Yes, that's right. I still love you - - sinner...) To secdelahc's point, it IS the off season and the amount of Cubs-related news has slowed to a trickle. To make matters worse, there isn't an off-topic rambling diary today that we can use as our collective toilet!

So to maintain the smell in here, I'll start things off with a little baseball and non-baseball chatter.

It's pretty damn cold here in Cincinnati and it's been snowing ALL DAY. I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about, so here's a hot cup of Kool-Aid to give you that warm and fuzzy feeling about the Cubs. It has no real news and it has a pretty positive attitude about Lilly, but with an intro like this, how can you go wrong?

Ron Santo is sitting in a golf cart shooting the bull, giving a pair of prosthetic legs a break from hauling around the biggest heart in baseball.
Awww. That's our #7 Cub of all time. I do love me some Santo.

In college basketball, Florida just got their butts handed to them by unranked Vanderbilt, ending the #1 team's 17 game winning streak. This finally gives Joakim Noah something to scream about, as he has remained so calm over his last two years as Florida's star player.

Incidentally, Noah also joins Yadier Molina on my list of male athletes I think are really girls.

Furthermore, I will say that 1) Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tarts are my favorite flavor, 2) I don't watch The Fairly Oddparents but I can list off some subliminal messaging in various Disney movies, and 3) of course I most certainly fear North Korea. No one likes a dictator.

Don't be gun shy. Have at it.

Update [2007-2-17 17:28:46 by Sarah Hope]: Britney Spears has gone bald. I don't know if she's planning on paying for her divorce with Gilette endorsements or maybe she thought the Lady Schick was another white-trash backup dancer and got a little too close. I just thought you guys should know.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation or Al Yellon, managing editor (unless it's a FanPost posted by Al). FanPost opinions are valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable baseball fans.

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So glad Florida lost

Now just need Carolina to win tonight, so it can be a perfect day. And if that happens, I'll surely be back on here in a jovial mood late night. Maybe I'll hijack a thread. Oooooooooooooooooohhhhhh......

I very excite about this upcoming season! Jenqui!

by nextyearcub on Feb 17, 2007 4:32 PM CST reply actions

Oooh...

Scandalous!! LOL!

As long as you hijack in here, it will go unpunished. I suppose that is the point of it all. Take your dump, but don't do it on my lawn.

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 4:37 PM CST up reply actions

Maybe it will be in here

Maybe not. Bringing attention to a subject and telling people not to do something can sometimes end up the opposite way, drawing back to my sociology minor.

V for Vendetta, bitches!!

I very excite about this upcoming season! Jenqui!

by nextyearcub on Feb 17, 2007 4:46 PM CST up reply actions

Florida

Their loss likely means that the match-up a week from tomorrow in Columbus will pit #1 against #2. Ohio State has to beat Minnesota tomorrow.

On Wisconsin!

DmL

by dmlichte on Feb 17, 2007 4:33 PM CST reply actions

I'm sincerely afraid...

...of all of your shit references.

Guys, I'm sorry for my outburst earlier. It doesn't need to be rehashed. I've talked with Al and Julie and I think we're all on the same page.

"Looking for good signs is a good sign of delusion." - Me

by gravedigger on Feb 17, 2007 4:46 PM CST reply actions

By the way

Feel free to make fun of me for being the first to give in.

And then look at Al's sig and figure out why.

"Looking for good signs is a good sign of delusion." - Me

by gravedigger on Feb 17, 2007 4:49 PM CST up reply actions

LOL

Glad to have you back. Seriously.

"[BCB] is much better than... well, everything." -- gravedigger, January 21, 2007

by Al Yellon on Feb 17, 2007 4:54 PM CST up reply actions

Oh don't worry sellout,

I will ;) jk

To be clear, it was Stephen King's poo reference... I just used it. And you should be afraid of Stephen King. To quote Adam Sandler, "Stephen King stopped by
our gas station one time... Jake, the gas station attendant,made eye contact with him. That night he lost 200 pounds."

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 4:59 PM CST up reply actions

Yeah I know

But then it continued. And then it continued some more.

"Looking for good signs is a good sign of delusion." - Me

by gravedigger on Feb 17, 2007 5:05 PM CST up reply actions

#1 Poo is always funny.

#2 Just tryng to ease some of the tension in here. Forgive me.

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 5:07 PM CST up reply actions

What tension?

"Looking for good signs is a good sign of delusion." - Me

by gravedigger on Feb 17, 2007 5:09 PM CST up reply actions

This tension

http://science.howstuffworks.com/bridge1.htm

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Feb 17, 2007 5:16 PM CST up reply actions

Yes

this is the "Build a bridge and get over it" diary.

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 5:28 PM CST up reply actions

#2...

heh.

UZI

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making." - Salvador Dali

by Ozgreeder on Feb 17, 2007 5:15 PM CST up reply actions

Thank you!

I was beginning to wonder if anyone got that.

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 5:24 PM CST up reply actions

I'm relatively ignorant...

and potty mouthed/minded, so I got it pretty fast.

UZI

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making." - Salvador Dali

by Ozgreeder on Feb 17, 2007 5:25 PM CST up reply actions

With an intro like this, how can you go wrong?

"Stephen King once said that telling an alcoholic to control his drinking was like telling someone with explosive diarrhea to control his shitting."

Good stuff, Sarah!

I just feel so much better when I'm drinking beer.

by deadcatbounce on Feb 17, 2007 5:00 PM CST reply actions

I don't know...

what Britney is thinking. Doesn't she remember she has kids?

I saw that this morning on Yahoo and just shook my head.

"I don't talk. I just let what I do talk for myself." -Johan Santana

by sparkles721 on Feb 17, 2007 5:03 PM CST reply actions

re:

"I saw that this morning on Yahoo and just shook my head."

I'm sure we all did.... hair and all.

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 5:06 PM CST up reply actions

I just

find her whole situation to be sad. I really wonder what kind of care her children are getting? I'm glad I live where I do and I raised my children to be well balanced adults.

COTTS!!!

by sue369 on Feb 17, 2007 9:46 PM CST up reply actions

Thanks

The subject of your diary "MORE than a baseball diary" has somehow gotten the Boston song, "More than a Feeling" stuck in my head. Damn you.

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Feb 17, 2007 5:07 PM CST reply actions

My plan

is working perfectly! Muah ha ha ha!!

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 5:07 PM CST up reply actions

You will pay

Somehow, somewhere, somewhen, you will pay.

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Feb 17, 2007 5:08 PM CST up reply actions

Crap.

That song wasn't in my head before. But it is now. Damn you.

;)

"[BCB] is much better than... well, everything." -- gravedigger, January 21, 2007

by Al Yellon on Feb 17, 2007 5:11 PM CST up reply actions

See!

It's all Sarah's fault!

It could be worse--all last weekend I had Bon Jovi's "Shot Through the Heart" stuck in my head.

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Feb 17, 2007 5:15 PM CST up reply actions

I can't take the blame

for that one... but out of curiosity, how did that happen?

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 5:29 PM CST up reply actions

Kid in the 80's

Someone sent me one of those lists about how you know you were a kid in the 80's. One entry was, "You remember Bon Jovi's Shot Through the Heart." The next entry was "You're now singing it."

The only consulation was that the person who sent me the list also had the song stuck in her head all weekend.

PAGAN!

by Jesse Guam on Feb 17, 2007 5:34 PM CST up reply actions

Crap again.

Now I have to go and fire up iTunes.

"[BCB] is much better than... well, everything." -- gravedigger, January 21, 2007

by Al Yellon on Feb 17, 2007 5:30 PM CST up reply actions

I believe....

that Spears has always been bald. We were simply witnessing her bad taste both in music and in wigs (as well as men, producers, women, friends, spouses, children's names, pets, sushi, insider trading, baseball teams, chia pets, ballpoint pens, postcards, dildos, jewelry, tattoos, religions, socks, shoes, clothes in general, and computer software).

UZI

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making." - Salvador Dali

by Ozgreeder on Feb 17, 2007 5:19 PM CST reply actions

I begin dreamin'....

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 17, 2007 5:24 PM CST reply actions

The "Best offense in the league?" diary

Reminded me of the book Freakonomics. It's not about baseball, but taking data and finding correlations among them.

http://www.last.fm/user/baturkey

by baturkey on Feb 17, 2007 11:13 PM CST reply actions

Heels, baby!

Take that, Chowdaheads. Go worship Flutie or something. Great win by UNC, and much needed. And don't sleep on the alma mater, Appalachian State. They had a good W too in the BracketBusters against Wichita State.

I very excite about this upcoming season! Jenqui!

by nextyearcub on Feb 17, 2007 11:43 PM CST reply actions

Well

I can see that making fun of me is the order of the day. Sarah, I'll assume you got that Stephen King quote out of the book I gave you for Xmas. Using it to take shot at me in a faux-OBD: very nice.

You guys can have all the fun you want. Hijack 50,000 diaries. I don't care anyomre.

I'm out.

HENDRY!

by cubbiejulie on Feb 18, 2007 8:31 AM CST reply actions

Again

As I posted in the other diary, I do not think this is how it was intended!!! I didn't take it that way. I really think Sarah was trying to alleviate tensions. When there is tension, people tend to completely misunderstand people's comments, and I think the tension of the last couple of days has led to a lot of that.

Trust me - Sarah, progs, and I really are just trying to "return things to normal", NOT to take shots at you. You've been gone for less than a day, I've been here for less than an hour, and you are missed already.

"Looking for good signs is a good sign of delusion." - Me

by gravedigger on Feb 18, 2007 4:57 PM CST up reply actions

hey sarah

jealous much? funny you talk about off-topic diaries and posts, as i don't remember you ever posting one about baseball. your knockoff of cubbiejulie's non-baseball diary is hilarious because it is such an obvious attempt to get the attention toward you.

i wish i could help you get the attention you so desire as all the comments have nothing to do with what you wrote, and probably didn't even notice the author.

i bet cubbiejulie really appreciates your support.

by TerryS on Feb 18, 2007 9:17 AM CST reply actions

Wow.

I was just trying to help. Things seemed angry and tense. I'm really sorry you felt the need to be so hurtful.

WOODY!!!!

by Sarah Hope on Feb 18, 2007 11:16 AM CST up reply actions

Ignore him

I know how you intended this diary, and I really believe that Julie will come to understand as well. Cooler heads will prevail. I don't know who this guy is, but he isn't contributing to discussion or helping smooth things over by his tone or his words.

"Looking for good signs is a good sign of delusion." - Me

by gravedigger on Feb 18, 2007 4:59 PM CST up reply actions

wish i could agree

but the "i still love you gravedigger" was a total reference to your comments on the other diary. that's a taking cheap shot and saying that others like cubbiejulie don't like you, not an attempt to defuse the situation. saying otherwise is simply insulting our intelligence.

she can do whatever she wants and so can anyone on here. i just saw it for what it was. apparently al and cubbiejulie did too, or at least their comments seemed to indicate that.

i've been lurking here for about a year, and this ain't the first time i've seen her attack people in some passive-aggressive way and then claim ignorance that anyone would take it for what it obviously was. its exhausting. look at her past comments if you dont believe me.

all i wanted to do was help bcb self-correct by having the fans try to stop the crap. coddling the pot-stirrers does not smooth anything over.

as for you - i think you are a funny writer who clearly knows a lot about baseball.

by TerryS on Feb 18, 2007 6:02 PM CST up reply actions