God Save the Veep
God be with the Afghani, American and other soldiers killed as a result of the attempt on the Vice President’s life.
I don’t agree with the Vice President on…well, everything…but I am glad he was not harmed earlier today. I’ve been following this trip with great interest actually. I was glad to see, even at this late date, that someone from the administration remembered that ALL OF FUCKING AL-KIND-OF-A-DRAG WHO COULD MOVE IN SOME WAY HAVE BEEN HIDING IN EASTERN PAKISTAN!!!
It’s nice that the Veep remembered “Oh yeah, we let the Northern Alliance let them get away and they are probably still in Pakistan. Hey Mooosharaf, remember those terrorists we let escape into your country? Could ya do something about that shit?”
Poor General Musaraf(sp? – I don’t care, I don’t have to vote for him) – but that poor bastard has to build some sort of coalition among Islamist radicals (is that redundant?) all the while he is dealing (very publicly) with the American Vice President. General or no, that has to suck.
On the lighter side, do you think anybody asked the Vice President after the (to use his words) the “boom” – do you think anybody asked him, “OK Mr. Vice President. Now you can feel free to go ahead and shoot somebody.”
On the baseball front…instead of talking about a 3rd baseman who may or may not have been snubbed by the Veterans committee let me ask this: Best 3rd baseman in the modern era. I want names!
This means you Santi.
Um, not that Santi is a possible candidate. He’s in my hall of fame, but that’s for something else.
GUYS WHO WORKED AT OTTO’S WHO SAVED MY LIFE WHEN I GOT TO SURLY WITH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE…and who also let me sleep on the couch in the Ladies room when I was too drunk to walk across the street to go home.
I’ve got to get a snappier name for my hall of fame.
Ponson’s arrival in Twins camp has been delayed. I can’t believe they are even taking a chance on that jerk ass. Could this be the beginning of the end for the fucking Twins? Probably not, nothing that competent and annoying ever dies.
Cub fans, just so you know if it was the Cubs vs. the Twins in the World Series I would cheer my fucking ass off for the Cubs…actually cheer for the fact that the Twins would lose…if they would lose…if this most unlikely of World Series’ actually took place…
I wouldn’t care that I might have to take it up the poop shoot from Cub fans.
CUZ I HATE THE FUCKING TWINS!
I hope when Mauer’s time comes the Yankees are done with Jorge Posada and they drive barges full o cash across the land o lakes and lure fucking Frankenstein away from his home state.
That douche will probably never leave the Twins and I will have to watch him kill my beloved SOX. I wish to fuck that the Twins had Prior. The SOX could knock him around four or five times a year.
OK, it’s Prior – maybe one time a year if they’re lucky.
I don’t agree with the Vice President on…well, everything…but I am glad he was not harmed earlier today. I’ve been following this trip with great interest actually. I was glad to see, even at this late date, that someone from the administration remembered that ALL OF FUCKING AL-KIND-OF-A-DRAG WHO COULD MOVE IN SOME WAY HAVE BEEN HIDING IN EASTERN PAKISTAN!!!
It’s nice that the Veep remembered “Oh yeah, we let the Northern Alliance let them get away and they are probably still in Pakistan. Hey Mooosharaf, remember those terrorists we let escape into your country? Could ya do something about that shit?”
Poor General Musaraf(sp? – I don’t care, I don’t have to vote for him) – but that poor bastard has to build some sort of coalition among Islamist radicals (is that redundant?) all the while he is dealing (very publicly) with the American Vice President. General or no, that has to suck.
On the lighter side, do you think anybody asked the Vice President after the (to use his words) the “boom” – do you think anybody asked him, “OK Mr. Vice President. Now you can feel free to go ahead and shoot somebody.”
On the baseball front…instead of talking about a 3rd baseman who may or may not have been snubbed by the Veterans committee let me ask this: Best 3rd baseman in the modern era. I want names!
This means you Santi.
Um, not that Santi is a possible candidate. He’s in my hall of fame, but that’s for something else.
GUYS WHO WORKED AT OTTO’S WHO SAVED MY LIFE WHEN I GOT TO SURLY WITH CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE…and who also let me sleep on the couch in the Ladies room when I was too drunk to walk across the street to go home.
I’ve got to get a snappier name for my hall of fame.
Ponson’s arrival in Twins camp has been delayed. I can’t believe they are even taking a chance on that jerk ass. Could this be the beginning of the end for the fucking Twins? Probably not, nothing that competent and annoying ever dies.
Cub fans, just so you know if it was the Cubs vs. the Twins in the World Series I would cheer my fucking ass off for the Cubs…actually cheer for the fact that the Twins would lose…if they would lose…if this most unlikely of World Series’ actually took place…
I wouldn’t care that I might have to take it up the poop shoot from Cub fans.
CUZ I HATE THE FUCKING TWINS!
I hope when Mauer’s time comes the Yankees are done with Jorge Posada and they drive barges full o cash across the land o lakes and lure fucking Frankenstein away from his home state.
That douche will probably never leave the Twins and I will have to watch him kill my beloved SOX. I wish to fuck that the Twins had Prior. The SOX could knock him around four or five times a year.
OK, it’s Prior – maybe one time a year if they’re lucky.
posted by edP | 8:01 PM
11 Comments:
This is what I was alluding to in my blog post... What is the root cause of these stakes you've placed in the ground. Did you get beat up worse by some kids from Minneapolis than you did from some kids from Wrigleyville? I spent 22 weeks this football season hoping against hope, only to have it wash down the drain in 3 hours on a Sunday night. What was I rooting for? The negotiating skill of a guy who used to negotiate for Tampa Bay? I can't stand the Vikings, but that's personnel-based. I'll have a hard time hating them if they clean up and field a team of guys who's first priority is football - just like I can't hate the Pack right now. If you're going to site history as the raison d'etre of your fandom, let's not forget you're rooting for a team that threw a world series. Sports are stupid. Go Bulls!
1.Mike Schmidt
2.George Brett
3.Eddie Matthews
4.Wade Boggs
5.Brooks Robinson
6. Ron Santo/Pie Traynor
And yes, Santo should/would be in the Hall if it weren't for the fact he was a douche when he played. He's being shown up to make up for all those years of showing up the oppostition. On a more personal level, there's no way in hell you can put him in the Hall. That would make 4 HOF'ers from a team that never won jack. Meanwhile, the three greatest teams of the era, Cincy-Oakland-Baltimore, at most have 3.
So because they didn’t win it all and there are already 3 HOFer’s from that team then Santo doesn’t make it? Because he was cocky when he played he shouldn’t make it? If we are going to weigh NONE baseball things then let’s weigh this. NO ONE with his type diabetes has come close to doing what he did athletically period. To my knowledge no one in any sport. The guy should make it just his fucking will to live.
No the cock suckers who vote will wait for him to die. Then they will make some special award his kids will get to speak and talk about how much it would have meant to win this if he were still alive. Fuck that, they have a chance to give someone something before they are killed by a disease not after.
I swear if they wait until he is dead. His family should tell the Hall to go fuck themselves and the horse they road in on. I love baseball but I am starting to get really tired of the players doing there best to screw the sport up.
I will save that rant for when I calm down. I was about to bash baseball and I want to wait until the All Star break when I have lost all hope.
I read about Otto's (you slept there? holy crap) then at a cursory glance with my mindset on Dekalb boozeholes, thought you said "Fuck Twins!" as in Twin Tavern. NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Thank goodness I misread.
Twins been beddy beddy good, to me. I'm going to build a tunnel from my basement to them, with one of those railroad cars you pump by hand.
bigSoda - when it comes to my burning hatred for the Twins it is mostly jealousy. I think (in some ways) the Sox have learned from them - - they have just caused the Sox so much pain over the years. The world championship should've wiped that awy - I think all that did for me as Sox fan was lose my Cub inferiority complex. I've just seen the Twins beat the Sox in late innings or later in the season so many times over the last 10 years...ugh
Sultan - Mike Schmidt was truly awesome. My grandfather was a huge Cubs fan and he would look pissed anytime Schmidt came to the plate with men on base. We look at his numbers today and they don't seem too gaudy but when I remember him from back in the day he killed the ball
MeatHead, in the spirit of pre-season Cub/Sox trash talk - maybe they should put Santo in the Diabetes Hall of Fame.
Seriously, my baseball guy Bruce Levine is really beating the drum now and went off on Joe Morgan yesterday about how the Veterans Committee seems content to never let anyone else in the Hall of Fame.
I don't think Santo measures on the national level the way he does among Cub fans...even from back in the day I keep hearing older baseball fans say the 60's/early 70's Cubs were never a Game of the Week kind of team.
One thing for sure, he means so much to Cubs history and Cub fans he may have to rest content with that. He said so himself about his number flying over the Shrine.
PDawg - I love Twin Taverns.
Like I said, it's a personal point of contention for me, but let's not confuse cockiness (Rose) with being a douche (Santo). Folks need to lay off the Veteran's Committee. Let's not forget the writers passed over Santo for 15 years before this. As for his diabetes---whatever. All players have physical issues. I think the guy with chronically bad knees (Dawson) was dealt a worse hand. I've had a couple guys play for me who have diabetes, and it was never an issue.
Sultan - Yea having legs so bad they cut them off is much better than bad knees. I am really not the right person to judge this cuz I have met Santo and he is a great guy. I also got to meet and talk baseball with Billy Williams. Another great guy and it has nothing to do with this, just bragging and it was on of my best baseball moments.
I know you don't get in because you are a great guy but to compare Rose (TOTAL Douche bag) to Santo is just wrong. If Rose is the standard by which we put people in the hall of fame. Then get rid of the committee and let the BCS computers do it. At least then it’s not what good or bad people have done for baseball it’s strictly the numbers. Oh ya I am sure all the juicy athletes will back you on this cuz they will be a shoe ins. To even mention that dirt bag in the same sentence as Santo makes me puke in my mouth.
Edp – If that’s the trash talk I can expect then keep it up. That’s funny the stuff I am getting from some of your Sox brothers is much more vicious and infuriating. I bet Santo already is in the Diabetes Hall of Fame.
I also like Twins! I actually have a tunnel. Well, I've started one.
The lasting image of Santo as a player is him clicking his heels after win. Rose's lasting memory? Annihilating Ray Fosse in an All Star game. If that's being a douche, give me a whole team of them. Let's not confuse attitude and effort (good) with clowning the competition (bad).
Lasting memory for me of Rose is him acting like were a bunch of assholes. He still acts like a cocky SOB. It’s the reason he got caught betting on baseball and it’s the reason no one will forgive him.
I agree lets get a whole league of Rose (playing ability come with lack of any character, integrity or honor), Bonds, Sosa, and all the rest of the Greats. Open the flood gates stop all drug testing. Lets get the best physical specimens out there and let the way the behave be damned. I guess it doesn’t matter the type of man the person is just how well they play.
I for one would rather see some one with a debilitating disease and have a lot of moral character. Maybe is a little cocky cuz everyone told him you will never be good at athletics and then play better than 90% of there peers, I’d be a little cocky about it. Than watch the greatest player, who lacks any measure of character and thinks everyone should bow before them cuz there great.
I actually think Santo is on the bubble but his total life commitment to baseball puts him in. The soul measure of a man is not the statistic but what they do for the sport. Ernie Banks is not great man because he was a great baseball player. He is a great man cuz he was a great baseball player and a good man.
I more want him in only because I have this sick feeling that they will vote him after he dies. They will use it as a great marketing gimmick to celebrate the man. They will jazz it up and talk about we made a mistake. It’s a bunch of horse shit. Either tell the man NO and it will never happen or yes.
For someone who surely has the Reaper breathing on there neck it is just wrong. I seriously just wish it didn’t mean so much to him and that him meaning so much to the Cub fans was enough.
YEah - the Reds/Cubs feud has found a home at my blog! Keep it going boys, finally something of substance here.
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