Suds-Stars August 18

Well, at least the 4th inning is over

That was BRUTAL. Two outs and the pitcher up and five runs score.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:27 PM CDT 0 recs

You'd think the Suds

were watching our game tapes, what with all the two-out hitting…

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 18, 2008 8:28 PM CDT 0 recs

thanks, shanghai!

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:29 PM CDT 0 recs

Mei wen ti!

(No problem)

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

+1

by stadiumguru on Aug 18, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up 0 recs

yes thanks

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

+11

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

i posted one, but deleted it...

BEAT ME!!

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:30 PM CDT 0 recs

Sorry!

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

its cool its cool

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

;-)

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

Quntiero grounds out

1 out

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:30 PM CDT 0 recs

Ryan Braun is a strange looking dude....

…I keep wondering if he has thyroid disease with those eyes…

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Aug 18, 2008 8:30 PM CDT 0 recs

They do seem kinda shifty...

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

OK, that's a start....

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT 0 recs

Abercrombie PH HR

6-1

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT 0 recs

stros on the board

they have actually been hitting cc hard

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:31 PM CDT 0 recs

It would be extra demoralizing

to lose a big lead – with your horse on the mound.

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM CDT 0 recs

Somebody post a beating horse pic!

BEAT that horse!

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

Lovingly stolen from Al...

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Aug 18, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

Now let's beat him!

Get 2 or 3 more runs!

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

Erstad with a flare single

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM CDT 0 recs

or as len would say...

feathered…

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

Tejada asks for reinstatement on the under 25 yr old

ESPN All-Star team. He figures he can get another birth certificate from China that says he is 16.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM CDT 0 recs

Well, it is suspect, but I have to say

Chinese women do look younger than what they are. At least in my experience.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up 0 recs

truebut

some of those gymnasts were definitely not 16 but really I don’t care one way or t’other

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:35 PM CDT up 0 recs

physically there is a huge advantage for women (girls) under 16, I am told

if you are “less developed,” and younger. But I think Bella Spellcheck could have been a little less harsh on the Chinese team. Either have the facts to prove it or leave them alone. Don’t diminish the accomplishments of the Chinese team. I agree with you.

THIS IS OUR CENTURY!!

by LAcarl519 on Aug 18, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

In your experience...

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

At least that's what I told the embassy...

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

still love the avatar brothaa!

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

Heh. I figured that we might as well edify that monkey

and make it a Cubs fan.

May it become even more relevant later in the season…

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

Why don't you have a seat over there?

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 18, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

?

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

The Dateline NBC guy's catchphrase..

by The Deputy Mayor of Rush Street on Aug 18, 2008 8:41 PM CDT up 0 recs

Ah, got it.

Thanks.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:42 PM CDT up 0 recs

heh

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:34 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm following this one on Gameday.

Spotting CC a six…make that five run lead does not bode well. Maybe the ’Stros will surprise us.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 18, 2008 8:32 PM CDT 0 recs

Loretta with a single to center

1st and 2nd, 1 out

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:33 PM CDT 0 recs

Emelie:

Sorry to make you answer my question twice! I forgot to check back for the answer, so I asked again. Just being lazy =).

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 8:35 PM CDT 0 recs

Huanying

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up 0 recs

xie xie.

or doe zieh, in Cantonese.

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

no prob

the first video game is Pong which came on the scene in 1974. So, in my book, if you were 13 or younger when Pong came out you are on the bleeding edge of the Digital Natives. Everyone who came before that are Immigrants.

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT up 0 recs

at least in the US... was there a video game before Pong in asia?

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

I think driving in Shanghai is like playing pong...

Walking is like Frogger.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:38 PM CDT up 0 recs

that's a really good question. I kinda doubt it.

i can check at the computer history museum around here.

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 8:42 PM CDT up 0 recs

thanks! I'd really like to know

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up 0 recs

See their timeline

here

They don’t list any previous game. I guess that’s hardly a definitive no, but that timeline might be useful to you.

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 8:47 PM CDT up 0 recs

this is great jbau

and it says Pong debuted in 1972 not 1974 as reported in the literature… so I stand corrected. Thanks!

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

I also debuted in 1972

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:51 PM CDT up 0 recs

great year, that :D

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:52 PM CDT up 0 recs

aw, shucks

Of course, if you’re the same age, that’s why you’re saying that

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

no I'm an olde lady :D

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

p'shaw

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up 0 recs

so what's the significance of 1972, if I may ask?

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up 0 recs

if Pong was introduced in 1972

then that’s the beginning of the Digital/Gamer Generation.

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 9:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

Dang.

Oh, well!

;-)

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

sounds like you are a native, yes?

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 9:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

I suppose so -- although an old one

The younger generation much more savvy. Like my nephew…

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 9:02 PM CDT up 0 recs

so true

the younger the more facile. But it’s neurological too… the synapses fire differently when you encounter a computer at age 2 onward.

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 9:04 PM CDT up 0 recs

Akin to learning languages earlier?

Or more like motor skills?

Or both?

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

language analogy is spot on

that’s exactly what it’s all about. They swim in the water. We notice that water exists.

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

That makes a lot of sense

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 9:07 PM CDT up 0 recs

I wonder if there's another

demarcation at the advent of the internet, with a generation used to communicating online versus in person. There must be significant sociological implications there.

OMG LOLZ!

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 9:05 PM CDT up 0 recs

absolutely

the initial question was what’s the demarcation. The internet certainly is another. I equate it, to the oldsters, to the telephone and electricity. We think nothing of either… but to the earlier generations both were a revelation. If you think of it as “technology” you’re not a native.

by Emelie on Aug 18, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up 0 recs

I like that last sentence -- that's an interesting way to put it.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 9:10 PM CDT up 0 recs

No problem.

it’s a decent place to visit in person In silicon valley, of course.

But can’t be there for too long—it gets really boring after a while looking at one old computer case after another.

by jbau on Aug 18, 2008 8:59 PM CDT up 0 recs

0-2 on Tejada

Not screaming and clapping his hands just yet.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:35 PM CDT 0 recs

2 outs, Berkman up, runners on 2nd and 3rd

by stadiumguru on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT 0 recs

Tejada grounds to 2nd. Runners advance to 2nd and 3rd

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT 0 recs

Ugh. Terrible swing.

1-2 on Lance.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:37 PM CDT 0 recs

Berkman fans, leaving 2 in scoring position

Fat Elvis fails.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 18, 2008 8:39 PM CDT 0 recs

FAIL!

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Aug 18, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up 0 recs