WTF is it about Boston athletes that if they perform well in the postseason we think they belong in their respective HOF???!!! - XMASTIME, 2019
The Boston athletes I was specifically referring to here were Curt Schilling and Justin Edelman; meanwhile, the single greatest Boston baseball player of all time only tasted the postseason once (albeit back in the days when doing so was obviously much more difficult), and these were the results:
Now that he once again didn't get enough votes to go into the Hall of Fame, Schilling’s become the perfect right-wing avatar; he’s able to frame himself as a “victim” of the left-wing media and that's why he’s not in the HOF, when the reality is he’s not a HOF player anyway. Beautifully scripted. Unlike his stupid video game that almost ruined Rhode Island, of course.
Scott Brosius: "Life is not fair. I mean, if there was ever a fair time for the Yankees to win the World Series, that was the year."
Obviously, this is yet anther chance for me to implore you people to watch the fantastic Nine Innings from Ground Zero.
And I know it was the Diamondbacks' moment but fuck that I'm posting a picture of Paul O'Neill from Game 5.
Today is the great date of 10/10/2020; I will wow you with one, YES only one!! Xmastime post from previous dates with similar constructs. You're welcome, people!
From 9/9/2018: Got my first Wikipedia edit accepted!!
From 8/8/2016: Curt Schilling zinger!!!
From 7/7/14: Happy birthday to the amazing Pleased to Meet Me!!!
From 6/6/12: Me, crushing children's dreams!!
From 5/5/10: MY thoughts on...abstract art???!!!
From 4/408: How I heard a Joba Chamberlain strikeout vs./ How Chris "Mad Dog" Russo did!!!
Scott Brosius: "Life is not fair. I mean, if there was ever a fair time for the Yankees to win the World Series, that was the year."Nine Innings from Ground Zero was on when I woke up this morning, and I could watch it around the clock. The best World Series I've ever seen. Can still feel the goddam bar at the Hog Pit shake with Brosius' home run. Paul O'Neill's last game at The Stadium. And a quirky reminder that in the two times the Yankees have "blown it" since their last World Series title in 2000, Mariano Rivera, a first ballot Hall of Famer who is the single greatest player ever at his position, was the one with the ball: a throwing error that led to a blown save against the Diamondbacks, and then blowing what looked like an easy save in the 2004 ALCS that would've swept the Red Sox, therein opening the gates to the greatest comeback in baseball history. How much would history be different if the greatest closer of all time had done what he had done countless times before?
I was watching Nine Innings from Ground Zero for the 900th time this morning. And it dawned on me that you know what, yet another piece of evidence that God does not exist is the fact that the Yankees lost that series.Mostly, it's just depressing to watch, even after ten years. Not because of the people that died on 9/11, or the lost decade of endless wars and a shattered economny, but because it constantly reminds me "oh my god - I was still in my twenties then!!!!!!"
Not just because the Yankees lost, mind you, but HOW they lost. Think about it...America was under attack blah blah blah, and if there ever was a time that was right for the Yankees to win, this was it. And look at what ensued...Tino's home run, Mr. November's home run, Soriano's gw rbi, the you're-not-human-if-theres-no-waterworks scene of the crowd serenading Paul O'Neill in his last ever game at The Stadium, all setting up a Game 7 of Clemens vs Schilling. All these miraculous moments playing out for people that needed miracles. Deserved miracles, even. And in the end...it all gets thrown away because, of all people, the greatest reliever in the history of the planet throws the ball away at second base. What? Are you kidding me? I'm supposed to believe there's a god, and he's that cruel? Setting us up like that?!?!??!
What Gwynn is describing here is what it's like to be a physical genius, to know by feel the difference between reacting at 9/30ths of a second and 10/30ths of a second. It's easy to look at all of those batting titles, or his incredible averages against some of the most cerebral pitchers of his time—.444 against John Smoltz, .415 against Greg Maddux, .390 against Curt Schilling, .333 against Pedro Martinez, .303 against Tom Glavine—and assume that he was just outthinking them at the plate. (Unbelievable fact: in 366 plate appearances against those five, he struck out five times. Five.)FIVE?!!! Wtf?!
Nobody likes to admit out loud "part of my success is due to economic and social conditions cemented long before I was even born"; we must be made to believe that Successful Person X was left to die in a dumpster, then pulled himself up by his own bootstraps and became a real rags to riches story. Nobody's happy simply to have been given the keys to the kingdom, they also hafta portray themselves as "victims." - XMASTIMETurns out hey guess what, who get's a shitload of charity? Mega-rich corporations. Of course.
Consider Charles and David Koch. Their company, Koch Industries, has relied on $88 million worth of government handouts. Yet, as the major financiers of the anti-government right, the Kochs are still billed as libertarian free-market activists.And oh, let's not forget my old buddy Curt Schilling!!!!
All of these handouts, of course, would be derided if they were going to poor people. But because they are going to extremely wealthy politically connected conglomerates, they are typically promoted with cheery euphemisms like “incentives” or “economic development.” Those euphemisms persist even though many subsidies do not end up actually creating jobs.
And not to be forgotten is 38 Studios, the now bankrupt software firm that received $75 million in Rhode Island taxpayer cash. The company received the handout at the very moment Rhode Island was pleading “poverty” to justify cuts to public workers’ retirement benefits.
I was watching Nine Innings from Ground Zero for the 900th time this morning. And it dawned on me that you know what, yet another piece of evidence that God does not exist is the fact that the Yankees lost that series.ps - why is Liza Minnelli in the doc? Oh well (would do her)
Not just because the Yankees lost, mind you, but HOW they lost. Think about it...America was under attack blah blah blah, and if there ever was a time that was right for the Yankees to win, this was it. And look at what ensued...Tino's home run, Mr. November's home run, Soriano's gw rbi, the you're-not-human-if-theres-no-waterworks scene of the crowd serenading Paul O'Neill in his last ever game at The Stadium, all setting up a Game 7 of Clemens vs Schilling. All these miraculous moments playing out for people that needed miracles. Deserved miracles, even. And in the end...it all gets thrown away because, of all people, the greatest reliever in the history of the planet throws the ball away at second base. What? Are you kidding me? I'm supposed to believe there's a god, and he's that cruel? Setting us up like that?!?!??!
I think that as historians look back on the Bush presidency, one of the signs of how fucked-up things got is that during his 8 years in office the Red Sox won not one but TWO World Series, and the Yankees won exactly zero. I mean, there are signs of the Apocalypse, and then there's Chowderheads dancing in the streets. Let's get the Earth back on it's axis, people! - XMASTIMEJason Varitek's retied, Kevin Youkilis is traded, and Curt Schilling is broke because of a video game. As soon as Big Papi's name is finally leaked from the Mitchell Report and Mayday Malone starts hitting the bottle again, all will be well again. MWA-hahahahahaha!!!!!
What went wrong? On the state’s side, it looks an awful lot like a toxic interaction between stupidity, desperation, and Red Sox fandom...At around the same time, Schilling was looking to raise more cash to kick 38 Studios into high gear. Having struck out with Wall Street and Boston-area venture capitalists, he turned to the Massachusetts State Legislature and was turned down. You would think that the fact that even Boston VCs and even the Massachusetts government rejected a Red Sox legend’s request would signal that his company was a poor investment. But not, apparently, to the desperate little-brother Red Sox fans of Rhode Island.And saves the biggest zinger for stupid, stupid Rhode Island:
Perhaps the best path would be to take advantage of the fact that the 38 Studios bonds are moral-obligation bonds rather than general-obligation bonds, and simply default and refuse to pay. The big downside to defaulting is that it makes it much harder to borrow money in the future. But considering Rhode Island’s track record of debt-financed economic development schemes, that might be a blessing in disguise.
To all the prayers and well wishes to the team and families at 38, God Bless and thank you! We will find a way, and the strength, to endure.And is met with the truth about his hypocritical bullshit, here's a few faves:
- The people of RI don't need your prayers, they need their loan payment. How very republican of you to move your company to the place that gives you the best deal and then renege on your promise.HAHAHAAH! Fuck yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew, shithead!
- Government hand outs are OK now ? This gross hypocrisy does not surprise me one bit. Shilling spent his whole career being paid by owners that extort money from the tax payers of the cities and states who build them their venues. He was always a huge benefiter of socialism. Not that that fact ever penetrated his ego.
- Schilling in 2011: "No bailouts for industry!"
Schilling in 2012: "Brother, can you spare a dime for my failed version of Galaxians?"
- And im sure it will be God that will help out his employers not the unemployment benefits thou shalll receive
- a conservative is merely a liberal who hasn't asked for his personal safety net yet.....
- So its alright for you to accept money from the government, but when Solyndra took money from the government and that company went belly up that is a whole different story. I love you Republicans, your motto is "Do as I say, but don't do as I do." Keep praying to the ghost in the sky money will of a sudden appear out of no where. I
- I think you need to invest some of your own vast fortune to bail out your taxpayer funded, tax abated, free land corporation. It pains me that 300 people will become jobless due to your mismanagement but you have declared repeatedly that you are against taxpayer bailouts and are 3000% free market. You are now asking the taxpayers to bail out your failed corporation. Then you tried to kite a check you knew would not clear the bank... Time for you to step up to the plate, sir. Take responsibility for your own actions, your own corporation and bail yourself out.
Two weeks ago, 38 Studios defaulted on a loan payment, and if they go under, it'd be Rhode Islanders on the hook for more than $112 million. The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation held an emergency meeting today to discuss what should be done with 38 Studios. Schilling wants them to throw good money after bad, and, as WPRI puts it, "pleaded for additional state assistance."
Hey, here's a thing Curt Schilling said last year!
"There can be no question our country is in the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. I also think there can be no question that it falls on us, the individuals, to find a way out of our own personal crisis."Schilling has been vocal in his criticism of the ARRA stimulus, even though it directly funded the Rhode Island job creation program that handed out $75 million to 38 Studios. He's also had not-so-nice things to say about the government's various bailouts, even though, yes, one could argue that's exactly what "additional state assistance" could be construed as.
